bible

[bibl]

/[bibl]/ noun

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The verdict

“bible” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #48,782. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#48,782
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - das Buch der Bibel

Corpus desk

Index DE-bible · bible · German

bible · rank #48,782 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #48,782
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH Bibeln

Nearest frequency peer: Bibeln (-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 „bible“

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

corpus weight

What this shows „bible“ 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).

bible vs Bild
40% similar
bible vs bill
60% similar
bible vs bike
60% similar

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

Key facts for bible
PropertyValue
Headwordbible
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[bibl]
Letters5
Frequency rank#48,782
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „bible“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).bibleliegt 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: „Bibeln“ (#48,781), „BfS“ (#48,780), „billigend“ (#48,784). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „bible“ bei #48,782. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around bible (IPA [bibl]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #48,782 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for bible, with forms such as "bbible", "bbile", and "bibble". 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 also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Bild", "bill", "bike", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is bible, spelled B-I-B-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    das Buch der Bibel
  2. 2
    berühmtes oder unabdingbares Buch in einem besonderen Bereich

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il a acheté une bible.
  2. Das heilige Buch wird mit großem B geschrieben: C’est écrit dans la Bible.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbible
  • bbile
  • bibble
  • biblle
  • bilbe
  • ibble

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

bbible1bbile2bibble1biblle1bilbe2ibble2
Edit distance from "bible"

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 "bible"?
"bible" is spelled B-I-B-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is [bibl].
What does "bible" mean?
As a noun, "bible" means: das Buch der Bibel
What words are commonly confused with "bible"?
"bible" is commonly confused with "Bild", "bill", "bike". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bible"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bible" is [bibl]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bible" come from?
"bible" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

bills#48,785clair#48,806azure#48,748dudes#48,830

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

duch6 variantsFock6 variantsÄgäis6 variantswent6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list