Maibaum
[ˈmaɪ̯ˌbaʊ̯m]
The verdict
“Maibaum” is uncommon German (frequency #58,072 among 44,424 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,072
- frequency rank, German
- 44,424
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - langer, geschmückter Baum oder glatter Baumstamm, der bei Festen im Frühjahr, oft am 1. Mai, auf dem Festplatz oder am Haus aufgestellt wird
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Maibaum |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmaɪ̯ˌbaʊ̯m] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #58,072 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Maibaum” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Maibaum is uncommon German at frequency #58,072 among 44,424 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈmaɪ̯ˌbaʊ̯m]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "langer, geschmückter Baum oder glatter Baumstamm, der bei Festen im Frühjahr, oft am 1. Mai, auf dem Festplatz oder am Haus aufgestellt wird".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Maibaum, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
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 Maibaum, spelled M-A-I-B-A-U-M.
Definition
- 1langer, geschmückter Baum oder glatter Baumstamm, der bei Festen im Frühjahr, oft am 1. Mai, auf dem Festplatz oder am Haus aufgestellt wird
This word in other languages
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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Using “Maibaum”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is M-A-I-B-A-U-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈmaɪ̯ˌbaʊ̯m] (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.