Birne

[ˈbɪʁnə]

/[ˈbɪʁnə]/ noun

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The verdict

“Birne” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #14,524. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#14,524
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Obstbaumart

Corpus desk

Index DE-birne · Birne · German

Birne · rank #14,524 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #14,524
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH beugen

Nearest frequency peer: beugen (-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 „Birne“

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

corpus weight

What this shows „Birne“ 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).

Birne vs burn
40% similar
Birne vs bone
40% similar
Birne vs Bitte
60% similar

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

Key facts for Birne
PropertyValue
HeadwordBirne
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈbɪʁnə]
Letters5
Frequency rank#14,524
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Birne“

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

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „beugen“ (#14,523), „Bistum“ (#14,525), „Beschränkung“ (#14,522). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „Birne“ bei #14,524. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around Birne (IPA [ˈbɪʁnə]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,524 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Birne, with forms such as "bbirne", "binre", and "biren". 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, "burn", "bone", "Bitte", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Birne, spelled B-I-R-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Obstbaumart
  2. 2
    grün-gelbliche Frucht dieses Obstbaumes
  3. 3
    Kopf
  4. 4
    Glühbirne
  5. 5
    „auswechselbares, verdicktes Verbindungsstück zwischen Mundstück und Röhre der Klarinette“

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Die Birne blüht früher als der Apfel.
  2. Ich esse lieber Birnen als Äpfel.

Synonyms

BirnbaumKopfGlühlampe

This word in other languages

pear(English)peral(Español)poirier(Français)pereira(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbirne
  • binre
  • biren
  • birnne
  • birrne
  • brine
  • ibrne

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Birne - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

bbirne1binre2biren2birnne1birrne1brine2ibrne2
Edit distance from "Birne"

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 "Birne"?
"Birne" is spelled B-I-R-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbɪʁnə].
What does "Birne" mean?
As a noun, "Birne" means: Obstbaumart
What words are commonly confused with "Birne"?
"Birne" is commonly confused with "burn", "bone", "Bitte". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Birne"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Birne" is [ˈbɪʁnə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Birne" come from?
"Birne" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Buben#14,531court#14,536Akute#14,488zarte#14,469

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

Buddha7 variantsGhetto7 variantsHavel7 variantsKeith7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list