ballern
[ˈbalɐn]
The verdict
“ballern” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #33,457. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #33,457
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 16
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - laute, krachende Geräusche machen
Corpus desk
Index DE-ballern · ballern · German
ballern · rank #33,457 · 9 variants · 16 confusables
- FREQ-MID #33,457
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH Badesee
Nearest frequency peer: Badesee (-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 „ballern“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Backhaus
Backhaus
66,546 corpus weight
- Badesee
Badesee
66,545 corpus weight
- ballern
ballern
66,544 corpus weight
- Barrel
Barrel
66,543 corpus weight
- BDA
BDA
66,542 corpus weight
- bedurfte
bedurfte
66,541 corpus weight
What this shows „ballern“ 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 | ballern |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈbalɐn] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #33,457 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 16 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „ballern“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around ballern (IPA [ˈbalɐn]), averb. Corpus frequency is #33,457 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 ballern, with forms such as "abllern", "balelrn", and "balern". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 16 confusable-pair relationships, "Bayern", "Bauern", "Bullen", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is ballern, spelled B-A-L-L-E-R-N.
Definition
- 1laute, krachende Geräusche machen
- 2etwas laut (gegen etwas) werfen, schießen
- 3laut mit einer Waffe schießen
- 4jemanden schlagen
- 5Alkohol konsumieren
- 6Drogen nehmen; intravenös Heroin konsumieren oder auch nasal chemische Drogen konsumieren
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ballern appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Zu Silvester ballert es wieder ordentlich.
Er hört nicht auf, den Fußball gegen unseren Zaun zu ballern.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- abllern
- balelrn
- balern
- ballenr
- ballernn
- ballerrn
- ballren
- bballern
- blalern
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ballern - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "ballern", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).