Biathlon
[ˈbiːatlɔn]
The verdict
“Biathlon” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #11,827. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #11,827
- frequency rank, German
- 72,680
- “B” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Wintersportart, bei der die beiden Sportarten Skilanglauf und Schießen verbunden werden
Corpus desk
Index DE-biathlon · Biathlon · German
Biathlon · rank #11,827 · 12 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #11,827
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 72,680
- PHOTO-FINISH beschimpft
Nearest frequency peer: beschimpft (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Biathlon”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- berät
berät
88,177 corpus weight
- Beschaffung
Beschaffung
88,176 corpus weight
- beschimpft
beschimpft
88,175 corpus weight
- Biathlon
Biathlon
88,174 corpus weight
- Bildes
Bildes
88,173 corpus weight
- BIP
BIP
88,172 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Biathlon” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Biathlon |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbiːatlɔn] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #11,827 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Biathlon” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around Biathlon (IPA [ˈbiːatlɔn]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #11,827 among 72,680 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Biathlon, with forms such as "baithlon", "bbiathlon", and "biahtlon". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Biathlon, spelled B-I-A-T-H-L-O-N.
Definition
- 1Wintersportart, bei der die beiden Sportarten Skilanglauf und Schießen verbunden werden
- 2Biathlon besteht aus dem Präfix bi- ‚zwei‘, das lateinischen Ursprungs ist, und dem altgriechischen ἆθλον (athlon^☆) ^(→ grc) ‚Wettkampf‘.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- baithlon
- bbiathlon
- biahtlon
- biathhlon
- biathllon
- biathlno
- biathlonn
- biatholn
- biatlhon
- biatthlon
- bitahlon
- ibathlon
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Biathlon - 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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Biathlon", 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 (12 here; floor ≥5).
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.