Bleistift
[ˈblaɪ̯ˌʃtɪft]
The verdict
“Bleistift” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #16,650 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #16,650
- frequency rank, German
- 9
- letters
- 14
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Schreibgerät aus Holz mit einer Mine bestehend aus Graphit
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Bleistift |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈblaɪ̯ˌʃtɪft] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #16,650 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Bleistift” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Bleistift is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈblaɪ̯ˌʃtɪft]. Corpus data places it at rank #16,650 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Schreibgerät aus Holz mit einer Mine bestehend aus Graphit".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for Bleistift, with forms such as "bbleistift", "belistift", and "bleisitft". 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. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Bleistift, spelled B-L-E-I-S-T-I-F-T.
Definition
- 1Schreibgerät aus Holz mit einer Mine bestehend aus Graphit
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: bbleistift,belistift,bleisitft,bleisstift,bleistfit,bleistifft,bleistiftt,bleistitf,bleisttift,bleitsift,blesitift,bliestift,blleistift,lbeistift
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Bleistift - 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.
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Using “Bleistift”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is B-L-E-I-S-T-I-F-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈblaɪ̯ˌʃtɪft] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.