Saalbau
[ˈzaːlbaʊ̯]
The verdict
“Saalbau” is uncommon German (frequency #80,871 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,871
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein Gebäude, Bauwerk, Veranstaltungshaus mit Saal als wesentlichem Element; auch als Bestandteil von Eigennamen
Corpus desk
Index DE-saalbau · Saalbau · German
Saalbau · rank #80,871 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #80,871
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Rüschen
Nearest frequency peer: Rüschen (-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 “Saalbau”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Réunion
Réunion
19,133 corpus weight
- rückwärtige
rückwärtige
19,132 corpus weight
- Rüschen
Rüschen
19,131 corpus weight
- Saalbau
Saalbau
19,130 corpus weight
- sachliches
sachliches
19,128 corpus weight
- Sachunterri…
Sachunterricht
19,127 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Saalbau” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Saalbau |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈzaːlbaʊ̯] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #80,871 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Saalbau” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
Rare enough to double-check
Saalbau is uncommon German at frequency #80,871 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈzaːlbaʊ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Saalbau has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Saalbau, spelled S-A-A-L-B-A-U.
Definition
- 1ein Gebäude, Bauwerk, Veranstaltungshaus mit Saal als wesentlichem Element; auch als Bestandteil von Eigennamen
- 2das Bauen eines Saales
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Saalbau appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Saalbau macht einen imposanten Eindruck.
Synonyms
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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