Baumwolle
[ˈbaʊ̯mˌvɔlə]
The verdict
“Baumwolle” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #13,315. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #13,315
- frequency rank, German
- 72,680
- “B” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - die Samenhaare der Baumwollpflanze (Gossypium), einer strauchigen Malvaceengattung mit walnussgroßen Fruchtkapseln, die lange Baumwollhaare und kurze Filzhaare herausquellen lassen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Baumwolle |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbaʊ̯mˌvɔlə] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #13,315 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Baumwolle” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around Baumwolle (IPA [ˈbaʊ̯mˌvɔlə]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #13,315 among 72,680 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "die Samenhaare der Baumwollpflanze (Gossypium), einer strauchigen Malvaceengattung mit walnussgroßen Fruchtkapseln, die lange Baumwollhaare und kurze Filzhaare herausquellen lassen".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Baumwolle, with forms such as "abumwolle", "bamuwolle", and "baummwolle". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Baumwolle, spelled B-A-U-M-W-O-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1die Samenhaare der Baumwollpflanze (Gossypium), einer strauchigen Malvaceengattung mit walnussgroßen Fruchtkapseln, die lange Baumwollhaare und kurze Filzhaare herausquellen lassen
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- abumwolle
- bamuwolle
- baummwolle
- baumowlle
- baumwlole
- baumwole
- baumwolel
- baumwwolle
- bauwmolle
- bbaumwolle
- buamwolle
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Baumwolle - 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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Using “Baumwolle”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is B-A-U-M-W-O-L-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈbaʊ̯mˌvɔlə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.