Bussard

[ˈbʊsaʁt]

/[ˈbʊsaʁt]/ noun

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The verdict

“Bussard” is uncommon German (frequency #79,000 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#79,000
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mittelgroßer, breitflügeliger Greifvogel

Corpus desk

Index DE-bussard · Bussard · German

Bussard · rank #79,000 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #79,000
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH burst

Nearest frequency peer: burst (-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 „Bussard“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Bussard
PropertyValue
HeadwordBussard
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈbʊsaʁt]
Letters7
Frequency rank#79,000
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Bussard“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „burst“ (#78,999), „bückt“ (#79,003), „Bundesgesundheitsminister“ (#78,996). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „Bussard“ bei #79,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Bussard is uncommon German at frequency #79,000 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbʊsaʁt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "mittelgroßer, breitflügeliger Greifvogel".

Bussard has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

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 Bussard, spelled B-U-S-S-A-R-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    mittelgroßer, breitflügeliger Greifvogel

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Der Schnabel des Bussardes ist vergleichsweise kurz und von Anfang an gebogen.
  2. „Bald einmal gehörten die Deltaflieger so selbstverständlich zum Himmel über Vaduz wie die Bussarde und Milane, mit denen sie gemeinsam die Aufwinde nützen.“

Synonyms

Buteo

This word in other languages

buzzard(English)buse(Français)

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 "Bussard"?
"Bussard" is spelled B-U-S-S-A-R-D. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbʊsaʁt].
What does "Bussard" mean?
As a noun, "Bussard" means: mittelgroßer, breitflügeliger Greifvogel
How do you pronounce "Bussard"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Bussard" is [ˈbʊsaʁt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Bussard" come from?
"Bussard" 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 "Bussard", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

brodeln#78,989Caspers#79,014Choräle#79,020cultura#79,033

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list