Berufsschule
[bəˈʁuːfsˌʃuːlə]
The verdict
“Berufsschule” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #13,559 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #13,559
- frequency rank, German
- 12
- letters
- 18
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - berufliche Teilzeitschule, die neben der Allgemeinbildung vor allem - innerhalb des dualen Systems - berufliche Fähigkeiten und Fertigkeiten in Koordination mit der betrieblichen Ausbildungsstätte ...
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 | Berufsschule |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [bəˈʁuːfsˌʃuːlə] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #13,559 |
| Misspellings tracked | 18 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Berufsschule” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Berufsschule is 12 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [bəˈʁuːfsˌʃuːlə]. Corpus data places it at rank #13,559 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for Berufsschule, with forms such as "bberufsschule", "berfusschule", and "berrufsschule". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Berufsschulen", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Berufsschule, spelled B-E-R-U-F-S-S-C-H-U-L-E.
Definition
- 1berufliche Teilzeitschule, die neben der Allgemeinbildung vor allem - innerhalb des dualen Systems - berufliche Fähigkeiten und Fertigkeiten in Koordination mit der betrieblichen Ausbildungsstätte vermittelt
- 2berufliche Vollzeitschule, in der in Theorie und Praxis berufliche Fähigkeiten und Fertigkeiten ebenso wie allgemeinbildendes Wissen vermittelt wird
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: bberufsschule,berfusschule,berrufsschule,beruffsschule,berufschule,berufscshule,berufsscchule,berufsschhule,berufsschlue,berufsschuel,berufsschulle,berufsscuhle,berufsshcule,berufßchule,berusfschule,beurfsschule,breufsschule,ebrufsschule
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Berufsschule - 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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Using “Berufsschule”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is B-E-R-U-F-S-S-C-H-U-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [bəˈʁuːfsˌʃuːlə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Berufsschulen” - see the side-by-side comparison. Berufsschule vs Berufsschulen
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.