bleich

/[blaɪ̯ç]/ adj

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#38,648

in German word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

12

similar word pairs

bleich is anGermanadj. It means: eine blasse oder verblasste, sehr helle, unintensive Farbe habend Pronounced [blaɪ̯ç]. Often confused with Blick and Bloch.

Key facts for bleich
PropertyValue
Headwordbleich
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[blaɪ̯ç]
Letters6
Frequency rank#38,648
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for bleich is 6 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [blaɪ̯ç]. Corpus data places it at rank #38,648 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "eine blasse oder verblasste, sehr helle, unintensive Farbe habend".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for bleich, with forms such as "bbleich", "belich", and "blecih". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "Blick", "Bloch", "bleiche", 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 bleich, spelled B-L-E-I-C-H, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine blasse oder verblasste, sehr helle, unintensive Farbe habend

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bbleich,belich,blecih,bleicch,bleichh,bleihc,bliech,blleich,lbeich

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for bleich

Misspelling Variants of "bleich"

bbleich7belich6blecih6bleicch7bleichh7bleihc6bliech6blleich7
Misspelling Variants of "bleich"

Frequency rank: #38,648 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bleich"?
"bleich" is spelled B-L-E-I-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is [blaɪ̯ç].
What does "bleich" mean?
As an adj, "bleich" means: eine blasse oder verblasste, sehr helle, unintensive Farbe habend
What words are commonly confused with "bleich"?
"bleich" is commonly confused with "Blick", "Bloch", "bleiche". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bleich"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bleich" is [blaɪ̯ç]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bleich" come from?
"bleich" 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.