Backofen
[ˈbakˌʔoːfn̩]
The verdict
“Backofen” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #19,831. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #19,831
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - großes Haushaltsgerät, in dem starke Hitze erzeugt wird, um Essen zu erhitzen
Corpus desk
Index DE-backofen · Backofen · German
Backofen · rank #19,831 · 12 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #19,831
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH Bahnhofs
Nearest frequency peer: Bahnhofs (+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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Backofen“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- auskennt
auskennt
80,174 corpus weight
- auszeichnet
auszeichnet
80,173 corpus weight
- Autismus
Autismus
80,172 corpus weight
- Backofen
Backofen
80,170 corpus weight
- Bahnhofs
Bahnhofs
80,169 corpus weight
- Bahnstrecke
Bahnstrecke
80,168 corpus weight
What this shows „Backofen“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
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 | Backofen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbakˌʔoːfn̩] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #19,831 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Backofen“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around Backofen (IPA [ˈbakˌʔoːfn̩]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #19,831 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "großes Haushaltsgerät, in dem starke Hitze erzeugt wird, um Essen zu erhitzen".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Backofen, with forms such as "abckofen", "bacckofen", and "backfoen". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "backen", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
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 German form is Backofen, spelled B-A-C-K-O-F-E-N.
Definition
- 1großes Haushaltsgerät, in dem starke Hitze erzeugt wird, um Essen zu erhitzen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Backofen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Braten muss jetzt zehn Minuten im Backofen bleiben.
„Auf dieser Wiese ging es [das Mädchen] fort und kam zu einem Backofen, der war voller Brot; das Brot aber rief: ‚Ach, zieh mich raus, zieh mich raus, sonst verbrenn ich. Ich bin schon längst ausgebacken.‘ “
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- abckofen
- bacckofen
- backfoen
- backkofen
- backoefn
- backofenn
- backoffen
- backofne
- bacokfen
- bakcofen
- bbackofen
- bcakofen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Backofen - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
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Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).