bergab

[bɛʁkˈʔap]

/[bɛʁkˈʔap]/ adv

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The verdict

“bergab” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #15,044. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,044
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
13
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - einen Berg hinab

Corpus desk

Index DE-bergab · bergab · German

bergab · rank #15,044 · 9 variants · 13 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #15,044
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH beruhigend

Nearest frequency peer: beruhigend (+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 „bergab“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „bergab“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

bergab vs berge
67% similar
bergab vs Berta
50% similar
bergab vs bergen
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for bergab
PropertyValue
Headwordbergab
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdverb
IPA[bɛʁkˈʔap]
Letters6
Frequency rank#15,044
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „bergab“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.bergabliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „beruhigend“ (#15,045), „belieben“ (#15,042), „beständig“ (#15,046). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „bergab“ bei #15,044. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around bergab (IPA [bɛʁkˈʔap]), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #15,044 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "einen Berg hinab".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for bergab, with forms such as "bbergab", "begrab", and "beragb". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "berge", "Berta", "bergen", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented 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 bergab, spelled B-E-R-G-A-B.

Definition

  1. 1
    einen Berg hinab

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how bergab appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Der Weg zum Tal führt bergab.
  2. „Nikolai und Claire traten zur Seite, um einer Familie Platz zu machen, die mit Rucksäcken und Bergstöcken den Weg bergab trottete.“

Antonyms

berganbergauf

This word in other languages

downhill(English)en aval(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbergab
  • begrab
  • beragb
  • bergabb
  • bergba
  • berggab
  • berrgab
  • bregab
  • ebrgab

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bergab - 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.

bbergab1begrab2beragb2bergabb1bergba2berggab1berrgab1bregab2
Edit distance from "bergab"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bergab"?
"bergab" is spelled B-E-R-G-A-B. The IPA pronunciation is [bɛʁkˈʔap].
What does "bergab" mean?
As an adverb, "bergab" means: einen Berg hinab
What words are commonly confused with "bergab"?
"bergab" is commonly confused with "berge", "Berta", "bergen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bergab"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bergab" is [bɛʁkˈʔap]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bergab" come from?
"bergab" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "bergab", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

bekomm#15,041biegen#15,049Backup#15,035Austin#15,031

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

brüllen9 variantsAufrufe9 variantsdezent9 variantsdreist9 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list