Bibliothek

Name: Bibliothek, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[biblioˈteːk]

/[biblioˈteːk]/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“Bibliothek” has 15 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #3,233. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,233
frequency rank, German: 5,818
“B” headwords: 15
tracked misspellings: 3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Institution, in der Bücher und/oder sonstige Medien gelesen oder ausgeliehen werden können; oft einschließlich Bd. [2], heutzutage auch digital

Corpus desk

Index DE-bibliothek · Bibliothek · German

Bibliothek · rank #3,233 · 15 variants · 3 confusables

FREQ-COMMON #3,233
LEN-MEGA 10 letters
VOW-4 4 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
VAR-HIGH 15 variants
BOOK-DENSE 5,818
PHOTO-FINISH beschäftigen

Nearest frequency peer: beschäftigen (-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.

ausgesproch…

96,771
bekommst

96,770
beschäftigen

96,769
Bibliothek

96,768
Brust

96,767
darstellen

96,766

What this shows „Bibliothek“ 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).

Bibliothek vs Bibliotheken

83% similar

Bibliothek vs Bibliothekar

83% similar

Bibliothek vs bibliotheca

73% similar

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

Key facts for Bibliothek
Property	Value
Headword	Bibliothek
Language	German
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	[biblioˈteːk]
Letters	10
Frequency rank	#3,233
Misspellings tracked	15
Confusable pairs	3
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Bibliothek“

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

#3,233

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „beschäftigen“ (#3,232), „Brust“ (#3,234), „bekommst“ (#3,231). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „Bibliothek“ bei #3,233. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around Bibliothek (IPA [biblioˈteːk]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,233 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for Bibliothek, with forms such as "bbibliothek", "bbiliothek", and "bibbliothek". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Bibliotheken", "Bibliothekar", "bibliotheca", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Bibliothek, spelled B-I-B-L-I-O-T-H-E-K.

Definition

1
Institution, in der Bücher und/oder sonstige Medien gelesen oder ausgeliehen werden können; oft einschließlich Bd. [2], heutzutage auch digital
2
besondere Räumlichkeiten für Bücher/Medien und deren Benutzung
3
tendenziell planvoll angelegte oder/und historisch gewachsene Sammlung von Büchern eines Eigentümers oder zu einem Themenbereich
4
Name einer als besonders hochwertig empfundenen herausgegebenen Gruppe/Reihe von Werken
5
Sammlung von Anwendungs(bau)teilen (oder [fachsprachlich auch] Programmmodulen)

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

In Bibliotheken kann man immer interessante Bücher entdecken.
„Sie schrieb auch mehrmals, dass sie gerne weiter in einer Bibliothek oder einer Buchhandlung arbeiten würde, denn im Westerwald (und später in Köln) hatte sie ja viele Jahre als Bibliothekarin gearbeitet.“

Synonyms

Bücherei Programmbibliothek

This word in other languages

library(English)biblioteca(Español)bibliothèque(Français)biblioteca(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

bbibliothek
bbiliothek
bibbliothek
bibilothek
bibliohtek
bibliotehk
bibliothekk
bibliothhek
bibliothke
bibliotthek
biblitohek
biblliothek
bibloithek
bilbiothek
ibbliothek

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

Edit distance from "Bibliothek"

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 "Bibliothek"?

"Bibliothek" is spelled B-I-B-L-I-O-T-H-E-K. The IPA pronunciation is [biblioˈteːk].

What does "Bibliothek" mean?

As a noun, "Bibliothek" means: Institution, in der Bücher und/oder sonstige Medien gelesen oder ausgeliehen werden können; oft einschließlich Bd. [2], heutzutage auch digital

What words are commonly confused with "Bibliothek"?

"Bibliothek" is commonly confused with "Bibliotheken", "Bibliothekar", "bibliotheca". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "Bibliothek"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Bibliothek" is [biblioˈteːk]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "Bibliothek" come from?

"Bibliothek" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.

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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

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