BfV
"bfv" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“BfV” is uncommon English (frequency #99,025 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #99,025
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution.
Corpus desk
Index EN-bfv · BfV · English
BfV · rank #99,025 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #99,025
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-0 0 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH BFD
Nearest frequency peer: BFD (-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 “BfV”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- berserkers
berserkers
979 corpus weight
- Bettany
Bettany
978 corpus weight
- BFD
BFD
977 corpus weight
- BfV
BfV
976 corpus weight
- Bharara
Bharara
975 corpus weight
- Bhatnagar
Bhatnagar
974 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “BfV” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | BfV |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #99,025 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “BfV” in English
Rare enough to double-check
BfV is uncommon English at frequency #99,025 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution.".
No misspelling variants are generated for BfV in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from German BfV (“Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz”). The correct English form is BfV, spelled B-F-V.
Definition
- 1Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how BfV appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Germany’s BfV domestic intelligence service has formally placed the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) under surveillance on suspicion of trying to undermine Germany’s democratic constitution, a person briefed on the move said on Wednesday.
In 2019, BfV President Thomas Haldenwang said members showed “clear evidence of an anti-immigration and particularly anti-Muslim attitude,” which is contrary to Germany’s democratic principles.
Etymology
Borrowed from German BfV (“Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz”).
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).