bleib

/[blaɪ̯p]/ verb

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,333

in German word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

15

similar word pairs

bleib is aGermanverb. It means: 2. Person Singular Präsens Imperativ Aktiv des Verbs bleiben Pronounced [blaɪ̯p]. It ranks #4,333 in German word frequency. Often confused with Brei and bleu.

Key facts for bleib
PropertyValue
Headwordbleib
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[blaɪ̯p]
Letters5
Frequency rank#4,333
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of bleib in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for bleib is 5 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [blaɪ̯p]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,333 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "2. Person Singular Präsens Imperativ Aktiv des Verbs bleiben".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for bleib, with forms such as "bbleib", "belib", and "blebi". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 15 confusable-pair relationships, "Brei", "bleu", "blieb", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is bleib, spelled B-L-E-I-B, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    2. Person Singular Präsens Imperativ Aktiv des Verbs bleiben

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bbleib,belib,blebi,bleibb,blleib,lbeib

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for bleib

Misspelling Variants of "bleib"

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Misspelling Variants of "bleib"

Frequency rank: #4,333 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bleib"?
"bleib" is spelled B-L-E-I-B. The IPA pronunciation is [blaɪ̯p].
What does "bleib" mean?
As a verb, "bleib" means: 2. Person Singular Präsens Imperativ Aktiv des Verbs bleiben
What words are commonly confused with "bleib"?
"bleib" is commonly confused with "Brei", "bleu", "blieb". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bleib"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bleib" is [blaɪ̯p]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bleib" come from?
"bleib" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.