Balken
[ˈbalkn̩]
The verdict
“Balken” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #9,508. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,508
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein Pfosten mit vier Kanten, meist mit stützender oder tragender Funktion
Corpus desk
Index DE-balken · Balken · German
Balken · rank #9,508 · 9 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #9,508
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH Auschwitz
Nearest frequency peer: Auschwitz (-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 „Balken“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Anwohner
Anwohner
90,496 corpus weight
- aufgeklärt
aufgeklärt
90,495 corpus weight
- Auschwitz
Auschwitz
90,494 corpus weight
- Balken
Balken
90,493 corpus weight
- Base
Base
90,492 corpus weight
- Batman
Batman
90,491 corpus weight
What this shows „Balken“ 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 | Balken |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbalkn̩] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #9,508 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Balken“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around Balken (IPA [ˈbalkn̩]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,508 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Balken, with forms such as "ablken", "baklen", and "balekn". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "bauen", "Bären", "Bänke", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
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 German form is Balken, spelled B-A-L-K-E-N.
Definition
- 1ein Pfosten mit vier Kanten, meist mit stützender oder tragender Funktion
- 2dicker Strich, Streifen, Strich, der zwei oder mehrere Notenhälse von Achtelnoten verbindet
- 3faserartige Verbindung der beiden Hemisphären des Gehirns
- 4kurz für Schwebebalken
- 5waagrechter, farblich abgesetzter Trennstreifen im Wappen
- 6Dachboden
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Balken appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die stärkern griffen an den Stangen und Latten herum und sagten: Herrgott, wie schade um das alte Werk! Seht, welche Balken, alles Eichen, fester als Eisen! Das hätt’ noch Jahrhunderte gedauert.“
„Das Tor war mit Balken und Holzplanken verrammelt.“
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ablken
- baklen
- balekn
- balkenn
- balkken
- balkne
- ballken
- bbalken
- blaken
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Balken - 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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Balken", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).