benz
[bɛw̃s]
The verdict
“benz” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #7,154. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,154
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Auto der Marke Mercedes-Benz
Corpus desk
Index DE-benz · benz · German
benz · rank #7,154 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #7,154
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH befördert
Nearest frequency peer: befördert (-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 „benz“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- bedeutete
bedeutete
92,850 corpus weight
- Bedürfnis
Bedürfnis
92,849 corpus weight
- befördert
befördert
92,848 corpus weight
- benz
benz
92,847 corpus weight
- Beobachter
Beobachter
92,846 corpus weight
- beseitigen
beseitigen
92,845 corpus weight
What this shows „benz“ 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 | benz |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [bɛw̃s] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #7,154 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „benz“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around benz (IPA [bɛw̃s]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,154 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Auto der Marke Mercedes-Benz".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for benz, with forms such as "bbenz", "bennz", and "benzz". 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, "BN", "bin", "ber", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is benz, spelled B-E-N-Z.
Definition
- 1Auto der Marke Mercedes-Benz
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbenz
- bennz
- benzz
- bezn
- bnez
- ebnz
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of benz - 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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "benz", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).