Geheimbund

/[ɡəˈhaɪ̯mˌbʊnt]/ noun

The verdict

“Geheimbund” is an uncommon German word, ranked #69,254 in German word frequency and used as a noun.

#69,254
frequency rank, German
10
letters

Dominant Wiktionary sense: Organisation oder auch Vereinigung mit einem konspirativen Hintergrund

Key facts for Geheimbund
PropertyValue
HeadwordGeheimbund
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ɡəˈhaɪ̯mˌbʊnt]
Letters10
Frequency rank#69,254
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Geheimbund” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Geheimbund lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Geheimbund is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɡəˈhaɪ̯mˌbʊnt]. Corpus data places it at rank #69,254 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Organisation oder auch Vereinigung mit einem konspirativen Hintergrund".

No misspelling variants are generated for Geheimbund in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Geheimbund, spelled G-E-H-E-I-M-B-U-N-D, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Organisation oder auch Vereinigung mit einem konspirativen Hintergrund

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #69,254 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Geheimbund"?
"Geheimbund" is spelled G-E-H-E-I-M-B-U-N-D. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡəˈhaɪ̯mˌbʊnt].
What does "Geheimbund" mean?
As a noun, "Geheimbund" means: Organisation oder auch Vereinigung mit einem konspirativen Hintergrund
How do you pronounce "Geheimbund"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Geheimbund" is [ɡəˈhaɪ̯mˌbʊnt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Geheimbund" come from?
"Geheimbund" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “Geheimbund”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is G-E-H-E-I-M-B-U-N-D — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ɡəˈhaɪ̯mˌbʊnt] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.