Belfast
[ˈbɛlfaːst]
The verdict
“Belfast” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #41,064. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #41,064
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hauptstadt von Nordirland
Corpus desk
Index DE-belfast · Belfast · German
Belfast · rank #41,064 · 11 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #41,064
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH bekleiden
Nearest frequency peer: bekleiden (-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 „Belfast“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Begleitern
Begleitern
58,940 corpus weight
- Beinbruch
Beinbruch
58,939 corpus weight
- bekleiden
bekleiden
58,938 corpus weight
- Belfast
Belfast
58,937 corpus weight
- bells
bells
58,936 corpus weight
- bemalen
bemalen
58,935 corpus weight
What this shows „Belfast“ 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 | Belfast |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈbɛlfaːst] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #41,064 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Belfast“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around Belfast (IPA [ˈbɛlfaːst]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #41,064 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Belfast, with forms such as "bbelfast", "beflast", and "belafst". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "bläst", "befasst", "Ballast", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Belfast, spelled B-E-L-F-A-S-T.
Definition
- 1Hauptstadt von Nordirland
- 2Stadtteil der neuseeländischen Stadt Christchurch
- 3Stadt in der südafrikanischen Provinz Mpumalanga
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Belfast appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Belfast ist die größte Stadt von Nordirland.
„Sie treffen sich in einem Gemeindezentrum in Belfast, einem Vorort im Norden der Stadt, der an wirklich schlechten Tagen nach der mehrere Kilometer entfernten Müllkippe stinkt und an den übrigen schlechten Tagen einfach nur Belfast ist.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbelfast
- beflast
- belafst
- belfasst
- belfastt
- belfats
- belffast
- belfsat
- bellfast
- blefast
- eblfast
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Belfast - 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.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Belfast", 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 (11 here; floor ≥5).