battle

[ˈbætɫ̩]

/[ˈbætɫ̩]/ noun

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The verdict

“battle” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #11,386. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#11,386
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Schlacht, Kampf

Corpus desk

Index DE-battle · battle · German

battle · rank #11,386 · 7 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #11,386
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH Basler

Nearest frequency peer: Basler (-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 „battle“

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

corpus weight

What this shows „battle“ 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).

battle vs Bitte
50% similar
battle vs baute
67% similar
battle vs bette
67% similar

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

Key facts for battle
PropertyValue
Headwordbattle
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈbætɫ̩]
Letters6
Frequency rank#11,386
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „battle“

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

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Basler“ (#11,385), „BC“ (#11,387), „authentisch“ (#11,384). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „battle“ bei #11,386. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around battle (IPA [ˈbætɫ̩]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #11,386 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Schlacht, Kampf".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for battle, with forms such as "abttle", "batle", and "batlte". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "Bitte", "baute", "bette", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is battle, spelled B-A-T-T-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Schlacht, Kampf

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how battle appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. The battle took place at 7 am.

Synonyms

fight

This word in other languages

lutte(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • abttle
  • batle
  • batlte
  • battel
  • battlle
  • bbattle
  • btatle

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of battle - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

abttle2batle1batlte2battel2battlle1bbattle1btatle2
Edit distance from "battle"

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 "battle"?
"battle" is spelled B-A-T-T-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbætɫ̩].
What does "battle" mean?
As a noun, "battle" means: Schlacht, Kampf
What words are commonly confused with "battle"?
"battle" is commonly confused with "Bitte", "baute", "bette". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "battle"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "battle" is [ˈbætɫ̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "battle" come from?
"battle" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Basler#11,385Blinde#11,396Werkes#11,361Wecker#11,359

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

zielt7 variantsEinbau7 variantsvolles7 variantseklig7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list