butcher
[ˈbʊtʃə]
The verdict
“butcher” is uncommon German (frequency #63,196 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,196
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fleischer, Metzger, Schlachter
Corpus desk
Index DE-butcher · butcher · German
butcher · rank #63,196 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,196
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH Bürstadt
Nearest frequency peer: Bürstadt (+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 „butcher“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- buddies
buddies
36,811 corpus weight
- Bundesheeres
Bundesheeres
36,809 corpus weight
- butcher
butcher
36,805 corpus weight
- Bürstadt
Bürstadt
36,804 corpus weight
- Büttel
Büttel
36,803 corpus weight
- capitaine
capitaine
36,800 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „butcher“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | butcher |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbʊtʃə] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #63,196 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „butcher“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
butcher is uncommon German at frequency #63,196 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbʊtʃə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
butcher has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is butcher, spelled B-U-T-C-H-E-R.
Definition
- 1Fleischer, Metzger, Schlachter
- 2Schlächter (brutaler Killer)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how butcher appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Do you buy meat from the local butcher or at the supermarket?
The general was known as "the butcher".
Synonyms
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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