Bildung
[ˈbɪldʊŋ]
The verdict
“Bildung” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #1,102. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,102
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - das Entstehen, Hervorkommen von etwas (im Laufe eines Prozesses)
Corpus desk
Index DE-bildung · Bildung · German
Bildung · rank #1,102 · 11 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,102
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH Besuch
Nearest frequency peer: Besuch (-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 „Bildung“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- verstanden
verstanden
98,902 corpus weight
- aktiv
aktiv
98,901 corpus weight
- Besuch
Besuch
98,900 corpus weight
- Bildung
Bildung
98,899 corpus weight
- darunter
darunter
98,898 corpus weight
- denkt
denkt
98,897 corpus weight
What this shows „Bildung“ 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 | Bildung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbɪldʊŋ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #1,102 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Bildung“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around Bildung (IPA [ˈbɪldʊŋ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,102 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Bildung, with forms such as "bbildung", "bidlung", and "bilddung". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "Bindung", "binding", "building", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Bildung, spelled B-I-L-D-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1das Entstehen, Hervorkommen von etwas (im Laufe eines Prozesses)
- 2Handlung oder Vorgang, etwas herzustellen, zu erschaffen oder zu formen
- 3äußere Form, Gestalt von etwas
- 4Wortbildung
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Bildung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Durch die Bildung des Vulkans kam es zu großen Veränderungen auf der Insel.
Die Bildung seiner inneren Organe war fehlerhaft.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbildung
- bidlung
- bilddung
- bildnug
- bildugn
- bildungg
- bildunng
- billdung
- biludng
- blidung
- ibldung
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Bildung - 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.
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 "Bildung", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).