Bautzen

\ˈbauʦən\

/\ˈbauʦən\/ name

The verdict

“Bautzen” is uncommon French (frequency #93,521 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#93,521
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bautzen.

Corpus desk

Index FR-bautzen · Bautzen · French

Bautzen · rank #93,521 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #93,521
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH bann

Nearest frequency peer: bann (-2 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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « Bautzen »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Bautzen » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Bautzen
PropertyValue
HeadwordBautzen
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\ˈbauʦən\
Letters7
Frequency rank#93,521
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Bautzen » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Bautzentombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « bann » (#93,519), « ballroom » (#93,518), « Bekaa » (#93,524). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « Bautzen » est au #93,521. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Bautzen is uncommon French at frequency #93,521 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ˈbauʦən\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Bautzen.".

Bautzen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Bautzen, spelled B-A-U-T-Z-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Bautzen.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Bautzen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Wo liegt eigentlich Bautzen?

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Bautzen"?
"Bautzen" is spelled B-A-U-T-Z-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈbauʦən\.
What does "Bautzen" mean?
As a proper noun, "Bautzen" means: Bautzen.
How do you pronounce "Bautzen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Bautzen" is \ˈbauʦən\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Bautzen" come from?
"Bautzen" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Bautzen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list