Bahn

/baːn/

//baːn// noun

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The verdict

“Bahn” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #78,518 among 840 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#78,518
frequency rank, Portuguese
840
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - caminhos-de-ferro

Corpus desk

Index PT-bahn · Bahn · Portuguese

Bahn · rank #78,518 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #78,518
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 840
  • PHOTO-FINISH baixio

Nearest frequency peer: baixio (+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.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “Bahn”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “Bahn” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Bahn
PropertyValue
HeadwordBahn
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/baːn/
Letters4
Frequency rank#78,518
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “Bahn” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).Bahncai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “baixio” (#78,519), “avícola” (#78,513), “assexuado” (#78,501). Entre 840 lemas com “B”, “Bahn” fica em #78,518. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Bahn is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #78,518 among 840 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /baːn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Bahn, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is Bahn, spelled B-A-H-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    caminhos-de-ferro
  2. 2
    via, caminho
  3. 3
    comboio
  4. 4
    pista
  5. 5
    órbita
  6. 6
    largura do pano

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Bahn"?
"Bahn" is spelled B-A-H-N. The IPA pronunciation is /baːn/.
What does "Bahn" mean?
As a noun, "Bahn" means: caminhos-de-ferro
How do you pronounce "Bahn"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Bahn" is /baːn/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Bahn" come from?
"Bahn" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

buxo#78,553shiu#78,310sabo#78,290grou#78,787

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list