Passbild
[ˈpasˌbɪlt]
The verdict
“Passbild” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - kleinformatige Portraitaufnahme einer Person zum Befestigen in einem Pass oder Ausweis
Corpus desk
Index DE-passbild · Passbild · German
Passbild · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" 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 | Passbild |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈpasˌbɪlt] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Passbild“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Passbild is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈpasˌbɪlt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "kleinformatige Portraitaufnahme einer Person zum Befestigen in einem Pass oder Ausweis".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Passbild, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Passbild, spelled P-A-S-S-B-I-L-D.
Definition
- 1kleinformatige Portraitaufnahme einer Person zum Befestigen in einem Pass oder Ausweis
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Passbild appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die ausstellenden Behörden verlangen für Passbilder zur Ausstellung von Personalausweisen, Reisepässen und Führerscheinen ein Bildformat von 35 × 45 mm (ohne Rand).“
„Als Passbild diente ein verbeultes Gesicht mit abstehenden Ohren und dicker Nase.“
Synonyms
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.