Bananen

[baˈnaːnən]

/[baˈnaːnən]/ noun

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The verdict

“Bananen” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #11,603. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#11,603
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
13
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Banane

Corpus desk

Index DE-bananen · Bananen · German

Bananen · rank #11,603 · 10 variants · 13 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #11,603
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH ausländischer

Nearest frequency peer: ausländischer (-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 „Bananen“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „Bananen“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Bananen vs Banken
71% similar
Bananen vs binnen
57% similar
Bananen vs Banner
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Bananen
PropertyValue
HeadwordBananen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[baˈnaːnən]
Letters7
Frequency rank#11,603
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Bananen“

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Bananenliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „ausländischer“ (#11,602), „Baumann“ (#11,604), „auskommen“ (#11,601). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „Bananen“ bei #11,603. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around Bananen (IPA [baˈnaːnən]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #11,603 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Bananen, with forms such as "abnanen", "baannen", and "banaenn". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "Banken", "binnen", "Banner", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Bananen, spelled B-A-N-A-N-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Banane
  2. 2
    Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Banane
  3. 3
    Dativ Plural des Substantivs Banane
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Banane

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • abnanen
  • baannen
  • banaenn
  • bananenn
  • bananne
  • banannen
  • bannaen
  • bannanen
  • bbananen
  • bnaanen

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Bananen - 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.

abnanen2baannen2banaenn2bananenn1bananne2banannen1bannaen2bannanen1
Edit distance from "Bananen"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Bananen"?
"Bananen" is spelled B-A-N-A-N-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [baˈnaːnən].
What does "Bananen" mean?
As a noun, "Bananen" means: Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Banane
What words are commonly confused with "Bananen"?
"Bananen" is commonly confused with "Banken", "binnen", "Banner". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Bananen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Bananen" is [baˈnaːnən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Bananen" come from?
"Bananen" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Bananen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Baumann#11,604beginne#11,607Bergbau#11,611Apparat#11,592

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

besoffen10 variantsChelsea10 variantsAdenauer10 variantsZyklus10 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list