Baal
[baːl]
The verdict
“Baal” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #40,411) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #40,411
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - semitischer Himmels-, Wetter- und Fruchtbarkeitsgott, oberster Gott verschiedener Pantheons; auch Titel anderer Gottheiten
Corpus desk
Index DE-baal · Baal · German
Baal · rank #40,411 · 4 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #40,411
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-LOW 4 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH bakterielle
Nearest frequency peer: bakterielle (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Baal”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Autoschlüss…
Autoschlüssel
59,594 corpus weight
- Aye
Aye
59,593 corpus weight
- Baal
Baal
59,590 corpus weight
- bakterielle
bakterielle
59,589 corpus weight
- barbecue
barbecue
59,587 corpus weight
- Bastille
Bastille
59,586 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Baal” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Baal |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [baːl] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #40,411 |
| Misspellings tracked | 4 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Baal” sits in German frequency
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for Baal is neighbouring look-alikes ("Bau", "Bär", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced [baːl]. Frequency #40,411 among 5,818 “B” headwords. 2 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for Baal, with forms such as "abal", "baall", and "bala". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Bau", "Bär", "BKA", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Baal, spelled B-A-A-L.
Definition
- 1semitischer Himmels-, Wetter- und Fruchtbarkeitsgott, oberster Gott verschiedener Pantheons; auch Titel anderer Gottheiten
- 2übernatürliches, nicht Gott gehorchendes Wesen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Baal appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Wenn der HERR der wahre Gott ist, dann folgt ihm! Wenn aber Baal es ist, dann folgt diesem!“
„Es steht in jedem Tunesien-Reiseführer: Die antiken Karthager hätten alljährlich ihrem Gott Baal Säuglinge geopfert. Diese uralte Behauptung wurde von antiken Schriftstellern schon im 3. Jahrhundert v. Chr. in Umlauf gesetzt.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- abal
- baall
- bala
- bbaal
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Baal - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Baal", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
What to do next
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- "Baal" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "Bau". View pair
- 4 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #40,411 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "B" letter cohort. B–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.