Baumgartner
/ˌbɔːmˈɡɑːt.nə/
"baumgartner" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Baumgartner” is uncommon English (frequency #61,295 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,295
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname from German; variant forms Baumgärtner, Baumgardner, Bumgardner, Bumgartner, Bumgarner.
Corpus desk
Index EN-baumgartner · Baumgartner · English
Baumgartner · rank #61,295 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,295
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH barging
Nearest frequency peer: barging (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Long-tail ranks near “Baumgartner”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Athabasca
Athabasca
38,713 corpus weight
- attentional
attentional
38,711 corpus weight
- barging
barging
38,707 corpus weight
- Baumgartner
Baumgartner
38,706 corpus weight
- Beefs
Beefs
38,704 corpus weight
- bellman
bellman
38,701 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Baumgartner” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Baumgartner |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˌbɔːmˈɡɑːt.nə/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #61,295 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Baumgartner” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Baumgartner is uncommon English at frequency #61,295 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˌbɔːmˈɡɑːt.nə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname from German; variant forms Baumgärtner, Baumgardner, Bumgardner, Bumgartner, Bumgarner.".
Baumgartner has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from German Baumgartner (literally “tree gardener”). The correct English form is Baumgartner, spelled B-A-U-M-G-A-R-T-N-E-R.
Definition
- 1A surname from German; variant forms Baumgärtner, Baumgardner, Bumgardner, Bumgartner, Bumgarner.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Baumgartner appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Chili’s has also enlisted several actors from “The Office” to star in the ads, including Melora Hardin (Jan Levinson), Andy Buckley (David Wallace), Brian Baumgartner (Kevin Malone) and Kate Flannery (Meredith Palmer).
Etymology
Borrowed from German Baumgartner (literally “tree gardener”).
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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