Ballett
[baˈlɛt]
The verdict
“Ballett” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #12,865. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #12,865
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Kunstform am Theater neben Oper und Schauspiel; die Kunst des Tanzes
Corpus desk
Index DE-ballett · Ballett · German
Ballett · rank #12,865 · 6 variants · 7 confusables
- FREQ-MID #12,865
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH ausnutzen
Nearest frequency peer: ausnutzen (-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 „Ballett“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Auktion
Auktion
87,139 corpus weight
- Ausfahrt
Ausfahrt
87,138 corpus weight
- ausnutzen
ausnutzen
87,137 corpus weight
- Ballett
Ballett
87,136 corpus weight
- banking
banking
87,135 corpus weight
- befördern
befördern
87,134 corpus weight
What this shows „Ballett“ 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 | Ballett |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [baˈlɛt] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #12,865 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Ballett“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around Ballett (IPA [baˈlɛt]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #12,865 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Ballett, with forms such as "abllett", "baleltt", and "balett". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "bullet", "Bankett", "Ballen", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Ballett, spelled B-A-L-L-E-T-T.
Definition
- 1Kunstform am Theater neben Oper und Schauspiel; die Kunst des Tanzes
- 2konkrete Vorstellung dieser Kunstform; Tanz auf der Bühne zu Musikbegleitung
- 3Ensemble von Tänzern, zum Beispiel eines Theaters
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Ballett appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Um Ballett tanzen zu können, ist jahrelanges Training erforderlich.
„Von einer Tänzerin erfuhr ich, dass man beim Ballett gleichzeitig schweben und stabiler als jemand sonst auf dem Boden stehen könne.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- abllett
- baleltt
- balett
- balltet
- bballett
- blalett
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Ballett - 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 "Ballett", 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 (6 here; floor ≥5).