Umlaufbahn
[ˈʊmlaʊ̯fˌbaːn]
The verdict
“Umlaufbahn” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #30,818 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #30,818
- frequency rank, German
- 10
- letters
- 15
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - die Bahn, den ein Körper beschreibt, der um einen anderen kreist
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Umlaufbahn |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʊmlaʊ̯fˌbaːn] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #30,818 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Umlaufbahn” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Umlaufbahn is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʊmlaʊ̯fˌbaːn]. Corpus data places it at rank #30,818 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "die Bahn, den ein Körper beschreibt, der um einen anderen kreist".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for Umlaufbahn, with forms such as "mulaufbahn", "ulmaufbahn", and "umalufbahn". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Umlaufbahn, spelled U-M-L-A-U-F-B-A-H-N.
Definition
- 1die Bahn, den ein Körper beschreibt, der um einen anderen kreist
Synonyms
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: mulaufbahn,ulmaufbahn,umalufbahn,umlafubahn,umlaubfahn,umlaufabhn,umlaufbahhn,umlaufbahnn,umlaufbanh,umlaufbbahn,umlaufbhan,umlauffbahn,umllaufbahn,umluafbahn,ummlaufbahn
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Umlaufbahn - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “Umlaufbahn”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is U-M-L-A-U-F-B-A-H-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈʊmlaʊ̯fˌbaːn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.