bells
[bɛlz]
The verdict
“bells” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #41,065. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #41,065
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Plural des Substantivs bell
Corpus desk
Index DE-bells · bells · German
bells · rank #41,065 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #41,065
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH Belfast
Nearest frequency peer: Belfast (-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 „bells“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- 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
- bereitstellt
bereitstellt
58,934 corpus weight
What this shows „bells“ 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 | bells |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [bɛlz] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #41,065 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „bells“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around bells (IPA [bɛlz]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #41,065 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Plural des Substantivs bell".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for bells, with forms such as "bbells", "bellss", and "bels". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "bill", "bull", "boll", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is bells, spelled B-E-L-L-S.
Definition
- 1Plural des Substantivs bell
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbells
- bellss
- bels
- belsl
- blels
- eblls
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bells - 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 "bells", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).