bändigen
[ˈbɛndɪɡn̩]
The verdict
“bändigen” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #32,978. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #32,978
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemanden oder etwas gehorsam machen, jemanden oder etwas zur Ruhe bringen
Corpus desk
Index DE-bandigen · bändigen · German
bändigen · rank #32,978 · 12 variants · 7 confusables
- FREQ-MID #32,978
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH Bundesverdien…
Nearest frequency peer: Bundesverdienstkreuz (-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 „bändigen“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Buchhandlun…
Buchhandlungen
67,027 corpus weight
- bullet
bullet
67,026 corpus weight
- Bundesverdi…
Bundesverdienstkreuz
67,024 corpus weight
- bändigen
bändigen
67,023 corpus weight
- bücken
bücken
67,021 corpus weight
- bürgerliches
bürgerliches
67,020 corpus weight
What this shows „bändigen“ 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 | bändigen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈbɛndɪɡn̩] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #32,978 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „bändigen“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around bändigen (IPA [ˈbɛndɪɡn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #32,978 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for bändigen, with forms such as "bbändigen", "bnädigen", and "bädnigen". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "bangen", "Banditen", "Banden", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is bändigen, spelled B-Ä-N-D-I-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1jemanden oder etwas gehorsam machen, jemanden oder etwas zur Ruhe bringen
- 2etwas unter seine Kontrolle bringen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bändigen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er versuchte das Pferd zu bändigen.
Die Erzieherin beklagte sich, dass die Kinder heute nicht zu bändigen seien.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbändigen
- bnädigen
- bädnigen
- bänddigen
- bändgien
- bändiegn
- bändigenn
- bändiggen
- bändigne
- bänidgen
- bänndigen
- äbndigen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bändigen - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 "bändigen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).