Spielbank
[ˈʃpiːlˌbaŋk]
The verdict
“Spielbank” is uncommon German (frequency #52,443 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,443
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - öffentlich zugängliche Einrichtung, in der staatlich konzessioniertes Glücksspiel betrieben wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-spielbank · Spielbank · German
Spielbank · rank #52,443 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,443
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Spiegelei
Nearest frequency peer: Spiegelei (-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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Spielbank“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Sperrklausel
Sperrklausel
47,561 corpus weight
- Spezialfall
Spezialfall
47,560 corpus weight
- Spiegelei
Spiegelei
47,559 corpus weight
- Spielbank
Spielbank
47,558 corpus weight
- Spielverder…
Spielverderber
47,557 corpus weight
- Spielwiese
Spielwiese
47,556 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Spielbank“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Spielbank |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃpiːlˌbaŋk] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #52,443 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Spielbank“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Spielbank is uncommon German at frequency #52,443 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃpiːlˌbaŋk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "öffentlich zugängliche Einrichtung, in der staatlich konzessioniertes Glücksspiel betrieben wird".
Spielbank doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Spielbank, spelled S-P-I-E-L-B-A-N-K.
Definition
- 1öffentlich zugängliche Einrichtung, in der staatlich konzessioniertes Glücksspiel betrieben wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Spielbank appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Diese Spielbank darf nur in Abendgarderobe betreten werden.
„Im Freien türmten sich die kostbaren Möbel des Kurhauses und der Spielbank.“
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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