Bautzen
[ˈbaʊ̯t͡sn̩]
The verdict
“Bautzen” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #12,029. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #12,029
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Stadt in Sachsen, Deutschland
Corpus desk
Index DE-bautzen · Bautzen · German
Bautzen · rank #12,029 · 10 variants · 9 confusables
- FREQ-MID #12,029
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH Barry
Nearest frequency peer: Barry (-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 „Bautzen“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- ausgenutzt
ausgenutzt
87,975 corpus weight
- Bangkok
Bangkok
87,974 corpus weight
- Barry
Barry
87,973 corpus weight
- Bautzen
Bautzen
87,972 corpus weight
- befindliche
befindliche
87,971 corpus weight
- belassen
belassen
87,970 corpus weight
What this shows „Bautzen“ 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 | Bautzen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈbaʊ̯t͡sn̩] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #12,029 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Bautzen“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around Bautzen (IPA [ˈbaʊ̯t͡sn̩]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #12,029 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Bautzen, with forms such as "abutzen", "batuzen", and "bautezn". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "bluten", "brüten", "blitzen", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Bautzen, spelled B-A-U-T-Z-E-N.
Definition
- 1Stadt in Sachsen, Deutschland
- 2Landkreis in Sachsen
- 3ehemalige Kreishauptmannschaft (entspricht in etwa einem heutigen Regierungsbezirk) in Sachsen
- 4ehemalige Amtshauptmannschaft in Sachsen
- 5Land Bautzen bzw. Land Budissin - veraltete Bezeichnung der Oberlausitz
- 6Asteroid 11580
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Bautzen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wo liegt eigentlich Bautzen?
Bautzen hat die Postleitzahl 02625.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- abutzen
- batuzen
- bautezn
- bauttzen
- bautzenn
- bautzne
- bautzzen
- bauzten
- bbautzen
- buatzen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Bautzen - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Bautzen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).