Bundeswehr

name

The verdict

“Bundeswehr” is uncommon French (frequency #84,590 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#84,590
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-bundeswehr · Bundeswehr · French

Bundeswehr · rank #84,590 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #84,590
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH buller

Nearest frequency peer: buller (-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 « Bundeswehr »

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 « Bundeswehr » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Bundeswehr
PropertyValue
HeadwordBundeswehr
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters10
Frequency rank#84,590
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Bundeswehr » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Bundeswehrtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « buller » (#84,589), « Brouage » (#84,588), « burel » (#84,592). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « Bundeswehr » est au #84,590. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Bundeswehr is uncommon French at frequency #84,590 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Bundeswehr.".

Zero misspellings are on record for Bundeswehr in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Bundeswehr, spelled B-U-N-D-E-S-W-E-H-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Bundeswehr.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il s'organise en deux grandes parties avec l'analyse de l'environnement de sécurité/défense, puis l'avenir de la Bundeswehr.
  2. Or, la création d’un commandement territorial dans la Bundeswehr ne servira pas à contrôler la population.

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 "Bundeswehr"?
"Bundeswehr" is spelled B-U-N-D-E-S-W-E-H-R.
What does "Bundeswehr" mean?
As a proper noun, "Bundeswehr" means: Bundeswehr.
What language does "Bundeswehr" come from?
"Bundeswehr" 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 "Bundeswehr", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list