Binz
[bɪnt͡s]
The verdict
“Binz” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #38,009 in German word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #38,009
- frequency rank, German
- 4
- letters
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ein Ostseebad in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Deutschland
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 | Binz |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [bɪnt͡s] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #38,009 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Binz” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Binz is 4 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [bɪnt͡s]. Corpus data places it at rank #38,009 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "ein Ostseebad in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Deutschland".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Binz, with forms such as "bbinz", "binnz", and "binzz". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "BN", "Bio", "Bit", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Binz, spelled B-I-N-Z.
Definition
- 1ein Ostseebad in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Deutschland
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: bbinz,binnz,binzz,bizn,bniz,ibnz
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Binz - 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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Using “Binz”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is B-I-N-Z - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [bɪnt͡s] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “BN” - see the side-by-side comparison. Binz vs BN
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.