Bergwerk
[ˈbɛʁkˌvɛʁk]
The verdict
“Bergwerk” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #27,646. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #27,646
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Betrieb zur Förderung von Rohstoffen aus einem Berg
Corpus desk
Index DE-bergwerk · Bergwerk · German
Bergwerk · rank #27,646 · 13 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #27,646
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH Bausubstanz
Nearest frequency peer: Bausubstanz (-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 „Bergwerk“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Banditen
Banditen
72,358 corpus weight
- Baus
Baus
72,357 corpus weight
- Bausubstanz
Bausubstanz
72,356 corpus weight
- Bergwerk
Bergwerk
72,355 corpus weight
- Beschützer
Beschützer
72,354 corpus weight
- Besiedlung
Besiedlung
72,353 corpus weight
What this shows „Bergwerk“ 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 | Bergwerk |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbɛʁkˌvɛʁk] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #27,646 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Bergwerk“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around Bergwerk (IPA [ˈbɛʁkˌvɛʁk]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #27,646 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Betrieb zur Förderung von Rohstoffen aus einem Berg".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Bergwerk, with forms such as "bbergwerk", "begrwerk", and "bergewrk". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Bergwerke", "Berger", "Beiwerk", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Bergwerk, spelled B-E-R-G-W-E-R-K.
Definition
- 1Betrieb zur Förderung von Rohstoffen aus einem Berg
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Bergwerk appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In Deutschland sind viele Bergwerke bereits geschlossen worden.
„Die Rote Armee schickte die verbliebenen deutschen Bewohner in Bergwerke der UDSSR.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbergwerk
- begrwerk
- bergewrk
- berggwerk
- bergwekr
- bergwerkk
- bergwerrk
- bergwrek
- bergwwerk
- berrgwerk
- berwgerk
- bregwerk
- ebrgwerk
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Bergwerk - 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 "Bergwerk", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).