Maskenball
[ˈmaskn̩ˌbal]
The verdict
“Maskenball” is uncommon German (frequency #55,538 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,538
- frequency rank, German
- 3,571
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tanz- und Festveranstaltung, auf der die Teilnehmer Masken tragen
Corpus desk
Index DE-maskenball · Maskenball · German
Maskenball · rank #55,538 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,538
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,571
- PHOTO-FINISH mano
Nearest frequency peer: mano (-2 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 „Maskenball“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- manisch
manisch
44,467 corpus weight
- Mannheims
Mannheims
44,466 corpus weight
- mano
mano
44,465 corpus weight
- Maskenball
Maskenball
44,463 corpus weight
- Materialkos…
Materialkosten
44,461 corpus weight
- Medikaments
Medikaments
44,459 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Maskenball“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Maskenball |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmaskn̩ˌbal] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #55,538 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Maskenball“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Maskenball is uncommon German at frequency #55,538 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈmaskn̩ˌbal]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tanz- und Festveranstaltung, auf der die Teilnehmer Masken tragen".
Maskenball has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Maskenball, spelled M-A-S-K-E-N-B-A-L-L.
Definition
- 1Tanz- und Festveranstaltung, auf der die Teilnehmer Masken tragen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Maskenball appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Maskenball ist der Höhepunkt des alljährlichen Festes.
„Als er eines Tages auf einen Maskenball gehen wollte, fragte er einen seiner Freunde, welche Maske er wählen solle, um nicht erkannt zu werden.“
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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