Birkenau
The verdict
“Birkenau” is uncommon French (frequency #63,556 among 227,490 “B” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,556
- frequency rank, French
- 227,490
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Commune d’Allemagne, située dans la Hesse.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Birkenau |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #63,556 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Birkenau” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Birkenau is uncommon French at frequency #63,556 among 227,490 “B” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Birkenau in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Birkenau, spelled B-I-R-K-E-N-A-U.
Definition
- 1Commune d’Allemagne, située dans la Hesse.
- 2Nom allemand de Brzezinka, en Pologne, camp de concentration proche d’Auschwitz.
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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Using “Birkenau”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is B-I-R-K-E-N-A-U - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.