début
[de.by]
The verdict
“début” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - festgelegter Punkt, von dem aus etwas angefangen wird / beginnt: Anfang, Beginn
Corpus desk
Index DE-debut · début · German
début · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | début |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [de.by] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „début“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
début is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [de.by]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "festgelegter Punkt, von dem aus etwas angefangen wird / beginnt: Anfang, Beginn".
No generated misspelling entries exist for début in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is début, spelled D-É-B-U-T.
Definition
- 1festgelegter Punkt, von dem aus etwas angefangen wird / beginnt: Anfang, Beginn
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.