Bamberg
[ˈbambɛʁk]
The verdict
“Bamberg” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #6,156. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #6,156
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Stadt im Regierungsbezirk Oberfranken in Bayern
Corpus desk
Index DE-bamberg · Bamberg · German
Bamberg · rank #6,156 · 11 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #6,156
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH Auswertung
Nearest frequency peer: Auswertung (-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 „Bamberg“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Ausflug
Ausflug
93,848 corpus weight
- ausgeben
ausgeben
93,847 corpus weight
- Auswertung
Auswertung
93,846 corpus weight
- Bamberg
Bamberg
93,845 corpus weight
- Beach
Beach
93,844 corpus weight
- begreifen
begreifen
93,843 corpus weight
What this shows „Bamberg“ 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 | Bamberg |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈbambɛʁk] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #6,156 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Bamberg“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around Bamberg (IPA [ˈbambɛʁk]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #6,156 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Stadt im Regierungsbezirk Oberfranken in Bayern".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Bamberg, with forms such as "abmberg", "babmerg", and "bambberg". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "bomber", "barber", "Blomberg", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Bamberg, spelled B-A-M-B-E-R-G.
Definition
- 1Stadt im Regierungsbezirk Oberfranken in Bayern
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Bamberg appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der allseits geschätzte Michael hält sich vorwiegend in Bamberg auf.
„Bambergs einzigartige, auf sieben Hügeln sich ausbreitende und vom Dom überragte Altstadt gehört zum Weltkulturerbe der UNESCO.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- abmberg
- babmerg
- bambberg
- bambegr
- bambergg
- bamberrg
- bambreg
- bamebrg
- bammberg
- bbamberg
- bmaberg
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Bamberg - 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.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Bamberg", 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 (11 here; floor ≥5).