Bann
[ban]
The verdict
“Bann” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #9,152) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #9,152
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ausweisung einer Person oder einer Gruppe aus einer Gemeinschaft, insbesondere aus der Kirche
Corpus desk
Index DE-bann · Bann · German
Bann · rank #9,152 · 4 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #9,152
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-LOW 4 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH balance
Nearest frequency peer: balance (-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.
Häufigkeitsnachbarn des Verwechslers „Bann“
Peers mit ähnlichem Corpus-Gewicht, getrennt von den Verwechslungspaaren unten
- auszugehen
auszugehen
90,852 corpus weight
- AZ
AZ
90,851 corpus weight
- balance
balance
90,850 corpus weight
- Bann
Bann
90,849 corpus weight
- beat
beat
90,848 corpus weight
- Beförderung
Beförderung
90,847 corpus weight
What this shows Balken platzieren „Bann“ gegen die nächsten gerankten deutschen Lemmata, kein Reprint der Verwechslungsdesk.
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 | Bann |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ban] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #9,152 |
| Misspellings tracked | 4 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Corpus-Rang neben Verwechslern von „Bann“
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for Bann is neighbouring look-alikes ("BN", "bin", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced [ban]. Frequency #9,152 among 5,818 “B” headwords. 4 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for Bann, with forms such as "abnn", "ban", and "bbann". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "BN", "bin", "Bau", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Bann, spelled B-A-N-N.
Definition
- 1Ausweisung einer Person oder einer Gruppe aus einer Gemeinschaft, insbesondere aus der Kirche
- 2ein bestimmtes Gebiet, eine Gemarkung
- 3fesselnde magische Kraft (oft in übertragener Bedeutung)
- 4in der Zeit des Nationalsozialismus eine Gliederungseinheit der Hitlerjugend und in der SS
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Bann appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Tasso: […] Ich eile fort! / Nach Napel will ich bald! // Prinzessinn: Darfst du es wagen? / Noch ist der strenge Bann nicht aufgehoben, / Der dich zugleich mit deinem Vater traf“
„Die orthodoxen Rabbiner sahen im Chassidismus eine gefährliche Irrlehre, die sie in theologischen Schriften und durch innergemeindliche Zwangsmittel wie den Bann zu bekämpfen versuchten.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- abnn
- ban
- bbann
- bnan
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Bann - 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 "Bann", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).