bleich

[blaɪ̯ç]

/[blaɪ̯ç]/ adj

The verdict

“bleich” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #38,648. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#38,648
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
12
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine blasse oder verblasste, sehr helle, unintensive Farbe habend

Corpus desk

Index DE-bleich · bleich · German

bleich · rank #38,648 · 9 variants · 12 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #38,648
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH blanken

Nearest frequency peer: blanken (-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 „bleich“

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

corpus weight

What this shows „bleich“ 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).

bleich vs Blick
50% similar
bleich vs Bloch
50% similar
bleich vs bleiche
86% similar

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

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

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „bleich“

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).bleichliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „blanken“ (#38,647), „bleiche“ (#38,649), „billigere“ (#38,646). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „bleich“ bei #38,648. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around bleich (IPA [blaɪ̯ç]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #38,648 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "eine blasse oder verblasste, sehr helle, unintensive Farbe habend".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for bleich, with forms such as "bbleich", "belich", and "blecih". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "Blick", "Bloch", "bleiche", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is bleich, spelled B-L-E-I-C-H.

Definition

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

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Du bist ja ganz bleich, bist du krank?“
  2. Schlimmer noch sei die Situation für den an Diabetes erkrankten Ahmed, erzählt Bashar. Ahmed hält den Arm seiner Schwester fest umklammert. Er ist abgemagert und bleich im Gesicht.

Synonyms

Antonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbleich
  • belich
  • blecih
  • bleicch
  • bleichh
  • bleihc
  • bliech
  • blleich
  • lbeich

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bleich - 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.

bbleich1belich2blecih2bleicch1bleichh1bleihc2bliech2blleich1
Edit distance from "bleich"

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 "bleich"?
"bleich" is spelled B-L-E-I-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is [blaɪ̯ç].
What does "bleich" mean?
As an adjective, "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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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list