bellen
[ˈbɛlən]
The verdict
“bellen” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #14,249. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #14,249
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die für Hunde typischen stimmhaften Töne von sich geben
Corpus desk
Index DE-bellen · bellen · German
bellen · rank #14,249 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #14,249
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH bekennt
Nearest frequency peer: bekennt (-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 „bellen“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- been
been
85,755 corpus weight
- beherbergt
beherbergt
85,754 corpus weight
- bekennt
bekennt
85,753 corpus weight
- bellen
bellen
85,752 corpus weight
- bemühte
bemühte
85,751 corpus weight
- Bereitstell…
Bereitstellung
85,750 corpus weight
What this shows „bellen“ 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 | bellen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈbɛlən] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #14,249 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „bellen“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around bellen (IPA [ˈbɛlən]), averb. Corpus frequency is #14,249 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for bellen, with forms such as "bbellen", "beleln", and "belen". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "beten", "Bulle", "Besen", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is bellen, spelled B-E-L-L-E-N.
Definition
- 1die für Hunde typischen stimmhaften Töne von sich geben
- 2kurze, wütige Befehle ausstoßen
- 3laut husten
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bellen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Spitz bellt bei jeder Gelegenheit. Einen Fuchs bellen zu hören, ist ein seltenes Erlebnis.
„An der Gepäckausgabe standen Hafenarbeiter, bellten Kommandos, händigten Koffer und Säcke aus.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbellen
- beleln
- belen
- bellenn
- bellne
- blelen
- ebllen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bellen - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 "bellen", 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 (7 here; floor ≥5).