Blei
[blaɪ̯]
The verdict
“Blei” has 5 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #11,614. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #11,614
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - silbernes, leicht verformbares, toxisch wirkendes Metall
Corpus desk
Index DE-blei · Blei · German
Blei · rank #11,614 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #11,614
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH bestände
Nearest frequency peer: bestände (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Blei”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Bergbau
Bergbau
88,390 corpus weight
- besoffen
besoffen
88,389 corpus weight
- bestände
bestände
88,388 corpus weight
- Blei
Blei
88,387 corpus weight
- blickte
blickte
88,386 corpus weight
- Bobby
Bobby
88,385 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Blei” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | Blei |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [blaɪ̯] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #11,614 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Blei” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around Blei (IPA [blaɪ̯]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #11,614 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for Blei, with forms such as "bblei", "beli", and "blie". 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, "bye", "blu", "BMI", 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Blei, spelled B-L-E-I.
Definition
- 1silbernes, leicht verformbares, toxisch wirkendes Metall
- 2Geschoss oder Geschosse von Handfeuerwaffen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Blei appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Mehr als das Blei in der Flinte hat das Blei im Setzkasten die Welt verändert.“
„Im Gegensatz zu früheren Zeiten, als Blei eines der wichtigsten und meistverwendeten Metalle war, versucht man heute, Blei durch andere, ungiftige Elemente oder Legierungen zu ersetzen.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bblei
- beli
- blie
- bllei
- lbei
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Blei - 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Blei", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "Blei". Here's where to go from here.
- "Blei" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "bye". View pair
- 5 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #11,614 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "B" letter cohort. B–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.