Bauamt
[ˈbaʊ̯ˌʔamt]
The verdict
“Bauamt” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #49,506. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #49,506
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Teil einer staatlichen, kommunalen, kirchlichen oder einer sonstigen öffentlich-rechtlichen Verwaltung zu Bauangelegenheiten, die mit der Prüfung, Bewilligung/Ablehnung von Bauanträgen betraut ist ...
Corpus desk
Index DE-bauamt · Bauamt · German
Bauamt · rank #49,506 · 8 variants · 6 confusables
- FREQ-MID #49,506
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH Barbar
Nearest frequency peer: Barbar (-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 „Bauamt“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Bahnfahrt
Bahnfahrt
50,498 corpus weight
- Ballungszen…
Ballungszentren
50,497 corpus weight
- Barbar
Barbar
50,496 corpus weight
- Bauamt
Bauamt
50,495 corpus weight
- Baumstämme
Baumstämme
50,494 corpus weight
- Bedburg
Bedburg
50,493 corpus weight
What this shows „Bauamt“ 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 | Bauamt |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbaʊ̯ˌʔamt] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #49,506 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Bauamt“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around Bauamt (IPA [ˈbaʊ̯ˌʔamt]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #49,506 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Teil einer staatlichen, kommunalen, kirchlichen oder einer sonstigen öffentlich-rechtlichen Verwaltung zu Bauangelegenheiten, die mit der Prüfung, Bewilligung/Ablehnung von Bauanträgen betraut ist ...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Bauamt, with forms such as "abuamt", "baaumt", and "bauammt". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "Baum", "baut", "baust", 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 Bauamt, spelled B-A-U-A-M-T.
Definition
- 1Teil einer staatlichen, kommunalen, kirchlichen oder einer sonstigen öffentlich-rechtlichen Verwaltung zu Bauangelegenheiten, die mit der Prüfung, Bewilligung/Ablehnung von Bauanträgen betraut ist und Bauabnahmen durchführt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Bauamt appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das Bauamt kann einen Bauantrag genehmigen oder auch zurückweisen.
„380000 neue Wohnungen haben die Bauämter genehmigt.“
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- abuamt
- baaumt
- bauammt
- bauamtt
- bauatm
- baumat
- bbauamt
- buaamt
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Bauamt - 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 "Bauamt", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).