billig
[ˈbɪlɪç]
The verdict
“billig” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #4,251. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #4,251
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 12
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - angemessen (recht und billig)
Corpus desk
Index DE-billig · billig · German
billig · rank #4,251 · 7 variants · 12 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #4,251
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH Ausführung
Nearest frequency peer: Ausführung (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “billig”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Argumente
Argumente
95,753 corpus weight
- aufgeben
aufgeben
95,752 corpus weight
- Ausführung
Ausführung
95,751 corpus weight
- billig
billig
95,750 corpus weight
- blind
blind
95,749 corpus weight
- bonus
bonus
95,748 corpus weight
What this shows “billig” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the 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 | billig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈbɪlɪç] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #4,251 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 12 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “billig” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around billig (IPA [ˈbɪlɪç]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #4,251 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for billig, with forms such as "bbillig", "bilig", and "bililg". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "billy", "bills", "bissig", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is billig, spelled B-I-L-L-I-G.
Definition
- 1angemessen (recht und billig)
- 2einen niedrigen Preis oder niedrige Kosten habend
- 3qualitativ minderwertig
- 4ideenlos, einfallslos (zum Beispiel ein Film)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how billig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Es ist nur billig, so zu entscheiden.
„[…]; wer dagegen nur kraft seiner natürlichen Freiheit handelt, darf diese nicht zum Schaden Anderer mißbrauchen; ein Mißbrauch ist es aber, wenn seine Handlungsweise den in den guten Sitten sich ausprägenden Auffassungen und dem Anstandsgefühle aller billig und gerecht Denkenden widerspricht.“
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbillig
- bilig
- bililg
- billgi
- billigg
- blilig
- ibllig
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of billig - 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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "billig", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).