Burghof
[ˈbʊʁkˌhoːf]
The verdict
“Burghof” is uncommon German (frequency #50,359 among 72,680 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,359
- frequency rank, German
- 72,680
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Hof einer Burg
Corpus desk
Index DE-burghof · Burghof · German
Burghof · rank #50,359 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,359
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 72,680
- PHOTO-FINISH buntem
Nearest frequency peer: buntem (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Burghof”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- bulli
bulli
49,647 corpus weight
- Bundesminis…
Bundesministerin
49,645 corpus weight
- Bundestagsw…
Bundestagswahlkampf
49,644 corpus weight
- buntem
buntem
49,643 corpus weight
- Burghof
Burghof
49,642 corpus weight
- cab
cab
49,638 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Burghof” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Burghof |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbʊʁkˌhoːf] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #50,359 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Burghof” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Burghof is uncommon German at frequency #50,359 among 72,680 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbʊʁkˌhoːf]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Hof einer Burg".
No misspelling variants are generated for Burghof in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Burghof, spelled B-U-R-G-H-O-F.
Definition
- 1Hof einer Burg
This word in other languages
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.