blassen
[ˈblasn̩]
The verdict
“blassen” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #27,223. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #27,223
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 14
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - blass werden
Corpus desk
Index DE-blassen · blassen · German
blassen · rank #27,223 · 9 variants · 14 confusables
- FREQ-MID #27,223
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH bischöflichen
Nearest frequency peer: bischöflichen (-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 „blassen“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- beworfen
beworfen
72,781 corpus weight
- bezahlbar
bezahlbar
72,780 corpus weight
- bischöflich…
bischöflichen
72,779 corpus weight
- blassen
blassen
72,778 corpus weight
- Blöcken
Blöcken
72,777 corpus weight
- bois
bois
72,775 corpus weight
What this shows „blassen“ 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 | blassen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈblasn̩] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #27,223 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 14 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „blassen“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around blassen (IPA [ˈblasn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #27,223 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "blass werden".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for blassen, with forms such as "balssen", "bblassen", and "blasesn". 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 14 confusable-pair relationships, "blauen", "Bussen", "Blusen", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is blassen, spelled B-L-A-S-S-E-N.
Definition
- 1blass werden
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how blassen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Diese Handschrift, ehedem in der Mannheimer Bibliothek befindlich, ist auf Pergament in folio, 159 Blätter zählend, vollständig, aus dem XIV. Jahrhundert, von ziemlich deutlicher Schrift, nur dass die Dinte durchgängig sehr geblasst hat.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- balssen
- bblassen
- blasesn
- blassenn
- blassne
- blaßen
- bllassen
- blsasen
- lbassen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of blassen - 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 "blassen", 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 (9 here; floor ≥5).