Bürgerentscheid
[ˈbʏʁɡɐʔɛntˌʃaɪ̯t]
The verdict
“Bürgerentscheid” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #43,080 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #43,080
- frequency rank, German
- 15
- letters
- 24
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Abstimmung durch die Bürger auf kommunaler Ebene
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Bürgerentscheid |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbʏʁɡɐʔɛntˌʃaɪ̯t] |
| Letters | 15 |
| Frequency rank | #43,080 |
| Misspellings tracked | 24 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Bürgerentscheid” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Bürgerentscheid is 15 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈbʏʁɡɐʔɛntˌʃaɪ̯t]. Corpus data places it at rank #43,080 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Abstimmung durch die Bürger auf kommunaler Ebene".
Our generated misspelling index lists 24 likely wrong-spelling variants for Bürgerentscheid, with forms such as "bbürgerentscheid", "brügerentscheid", and "bügrerentscheid". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Bürgerentscheid, spelled B-Ü-R-G-E-R-E-N-T-S-C-H-E-I-D.
Definition
- 1Abstimmung durch die Bürger auf kommunaler Ebene
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: bbürgerentscheid,brügerentscheid,bügrerentscheid,büregrentscheid,bürgeerntscheid,bürgerenntscheid,bürgerenstcheid,bürgerentcsheid,bürgerentsccheid,bürgerentscehid,bürgerentschedi,bürgerentscheidd,bürgerentschheid,bürgerentschied,bürgerentshceid,bürgerentsscheid,bürgerenttscheid,bürgeretnscheid,bürgernetscheid,bürgerrentscheid,bürggerentscheid,bürgreentscheid,bürrgerentscheid,übrgerentscheid
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Bürgerentscheid - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Bürgerentscheid”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is B-Ü-R-G-E-R-E-N-T-S-C-H-E-I-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈbʏʁɡɐʔɛntˌʃaɪ̯t] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.