Linienbus
[ˈliːni̯ənˌbʊs]
The verdict
“Linienbus” is uncommon German (frequency #53,871 among 30,953 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,871
- frequency rank, German
- 30,953
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Bus, der eine bestimmte Buslinie bedient
Corpus desk
Index DE-linienbus · Linienbus · German
Linienbus · rank #53,871 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,871
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 30,953
- PHOTO-FINISH lieblichen
Nearest frequency peer: lieblichen (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Linienbus”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- leoni
leoni
46,134 corpus weight
- Leuchtmittel
Leuchtmittel
46,133 corpus weight
- Libyens
Libyens
46,132 corpus weight
- lieblichen
lieblichen
46,131 corpus weight
- Linienbus
Linienbus
46,130 corpus weight
- lino
lino
46,129 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Linienbus” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Linienbus |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈliːni̯ənˌbʊs] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #53,871 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Linienbus” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Linienbus is uncommon German at frequency #53,871 among 30,953 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈliːni̯ənˌbʊs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Bus, der eine bestimmte Buslinie bedient".
Zero misspellings are on record for Linienbus in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Linienbus, spelled L-I-N-I-E-N-B-U-S.
Definition
- 1Bus, der eine bestimmte Buslinie bedient
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Linienbus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Er kratzte sich am Cap und bemerkte, dass vielen Leuten nicht klar wäre, welche Schwierigkeiten ein völlig gewöhnlicher Linienbus bereiten könnte, wenn asphaltiert werden sollte.“
„Mitten auf der Strecke, wo die Küstenstraße besonders eng war, kam ihnen der andere Linienbus entgegen.“
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Linienbus", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.