Beobachter
[bəˈʔoːbaxtɐ]
The verdict
“Beobachter” has 15 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #7,155. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,155
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemand, der eine Person oder Situation beobachtet
Corpus desk
Index DE-beobachter · Beobachter · German
Beobachter · rank #7,155 · 15 variants · 6 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #7,155
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH benz
Nearest frequency peer: benz (-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 „Beobachter“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- 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
- besetzten
besetzten
92,844 corpus weight
What this shows „Beobachter“ 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 | Beobachter |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [bəˈʔoːbaxtɐ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #7,155 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Beobachter“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around Beobachter (IPA [bəˈʔoːbaxtɐ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,155 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "jemand, der eine Person oder Situation beobachtet".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for Beobachter, with forms such as "bbeobachter", "beboachter", and "beoabchter". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "beobachtet", "Betrachter", "beobachtete", 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 Beobachter, spelled B-E-O-B-A-C-H-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1jemand, der eine Person oder Situation beobachtet
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Beobachter appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Verteidigungsminister Abdul Rahim Wardak sagte in Kabul, die Armee solle sich auf 240.000 Mann vergrößern; derzeit stehen rund 93.000 Soldaten unter Waffen. Dieses Ziel wird nach Ansicht von Beobachtern nur durch jahrelange massive Investitionen in die Ausbildung erreicht werden können.“
„John Hammond, stets ein aufmerksamer Beobachter der Ereignisse seiner Zeit, erkennt sehr bald, welche Umwälzungen Homer Capeharts Erfindung der Jukebox für die Phono-Industrie bringen wird.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbeobachter
- beboachter
- beoabchter
- beobacchter
- beobachetr
- beobachhter
- beobachterr
- beobachtre
- beobachtter
- beobacther
- beobahcter
- beobbachter
- beobcahter
- boebachter
- ebobachter
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Beobachter - 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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).