Burscheid

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The verdict

“Burscheid” is uncommon German (frequency #57,740 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#57,740
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Stadt in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland

Corpus desk

Index DE-burscheid · Burscheid · German

Burscheid · rank #57,740 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #57,740
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH Cabernet

Nearest frequency peer: Cabernet (+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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Burscheid“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Burscheid“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Burscheid
PropertyValue
HeadwordBurscheid
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[…]
Letters9
Frequency rank#57,740
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Burscheid“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Burscheidfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Cabernet“ (#57,741), „Bundeswirtschaftsminister“ (#57,738), „cactus“ (#57,742). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „Burscheid“ bei #57,740. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Burscheid is uncommon German at frequency #57,740 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for Burscheid in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Burscheid, spelled B-U-R-S-C-H-E-I-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine Stadt in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland
  2. 2
    Ortsteil von Berkoth, Rheinland-Pfalz, Deutschland
  3. 3
    Wohnplatz in Hümmel, Rheinland-Pfalz, Deutschland
  4. 4
    eine Gemeinde in Luxemburg

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Burscheid appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Burscheid liegt in Deutschlands Westen.
  2. Burscheid liegt in Deutschlands Südwesten.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Burscheid"?
"Burscheid" is spelled B-U-R-S-C-H-E-I-D. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "Burscheid" mean?
As a proper noun, "Burscheid" means: eine Stadt in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland
How do you pronounce "Burscheid"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Burscheid" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Burscheid" come from?
"Burscheid" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Burscheid", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

besiegeln#57,705drehenden#57,777Drehkreuz#57,778bekriegen#57,700

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list