Balthasar
[ˈbaltazaʁ]
The verdict
“Balthasar” has 14 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #26,317. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #26,317
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - männlicher Vorname
Corpus desk
Index DE-balthasar · Balthasar · German
Balthasar · rank #26,317 · 14 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #26,317
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH B2B
Nearest frequency peer: B2B (-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 “Balthasar”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Autofahrern
Autofahrern
73,687 corpus weight
- AW
AW
73,686 corpus weight
- B2B
B2B
73,685 corpus weight
- Balthasar
Balthasar
73,684 corpus weight
- banal
banal
73,683 corpus weight
- Barrierefre…
Barrierefreiheit
73,682 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Balthasar” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Balthasar |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈbaltazaʁ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #26,317 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Balthasar” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around Balthasar (IPA [ˈbaltazaʁ]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #26,317 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "männlicher Vorname".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for Balthasar, with forms such as "ablthasar", "balhtasar", and "ballthasar". 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. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology 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 Balthasar, spelled B-A-L-T-H-A-S-A-R.
Definition
- 1männlicher Vorname
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Balthasar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Nansen ist gesprächiger als das Ehepaar Jepsen, er redet viel, auch mit Balthasar, einem von ihm selbst erfundenen Wesen, mit dem er während des Malens ständig diskutiert und zankt.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ablthasar
- balhtasar
- ballthasar
- baltahsar
- balthaasr
- balthasarr
- balthasra
- balthassar
- balthhasar
- balthsaar
- baltthasar
- batlhasar
- bbalthasar
- blathasar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Balthasar - 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 2, 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 "Balthasar", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).
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.