Buchstabe
\buːx.ʃtaː.bə\
The verdict
“Buchstabe” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lettre, symbole utilisé pour l'écriture.
Corpus desk
Index FR-buchstabe · Buchstabe · French
Buchstabe · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Buchstabe |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \buːx.ʃtaː.bə\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
Buchstabe is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \buːx.ʃtaː.bə\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Lettre, symbole utilisé pour l'écriture.".
Buchstabe has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is Buchstabe, spelled B-U-C-H-S-T-A-B-E.
Definition
- 1Lettre, symbole utilisé pour l'écriture.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Buchstabe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich versuchte die Buchstaben so zu gruppieren, daß sie Worte bildeten. Unmöglich. Man mochte sie zu zwei, drei, fünf oder sechs zusammenstellen, es kam durchaus nichts Verständliches heraus.
Wieviele Buchstaben hat das thailändische Alphabet?
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.