Bernd
The verdict
“Bernd” is uncommon French (frequency #61,335 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,335
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom masculin.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bernd · Bernd · French
Bernd · rank #61,335 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,335
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH Bernal
Nearest frequency peer: Bernal (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « Bernd »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
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battrait
38,670 corpus weight
- benchmark
benchmark
38,669 corpus weight
- benjamins
benjamins
38,668 corpus weight
- Bernal
Bernal
38,667 corpus weight
- Bernd
Bernd
38,666 corpus weight
- Bidault
Bidault
38,663 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Bernd » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Bernd |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #61,335 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Bernd » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Bernd is uncommon French at frequency #61,335 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Prénom masculin.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Bernd, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Bernd, spelled B-E-R-N-D.
Definition
- 1Prénom masculin.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Bernd appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
« On doit continuer de convaincre et de créer un environnement sûr afin que les clubs puissent s’engager dans cette voie », indique Bernd Reichart, le PDG d’A22, qui mise plus sur une émulation au sein des clubs que sur les décisions de justice pour faire avancer un projet qui paraît bloqué au même point qu’au moment de sa présentation, fin décembre 2023.
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.
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