blieb
[bliːp]
The verdict
“blieb” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #987. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #987
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 18
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs bleiben
Corpus desk
Index DE-blieb · blieb · German
blieb · rank #987 · 6 variants · 18 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #987
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 18 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH Bett
Nearest frequency peer: Bett (-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 „blieb“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- wählen
wählen
99,017 corpus weight
- Angebot
Angebot
99,016 corpus weight
- Bett
Bett
99,015 corpus weight
- blieb
blieb
99,014 corpus weight
- einzelnen
einzelnen
99,013 corpus weight
- erneut
erneut
99,012 corpus weight
What this shows „blieb“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
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 | blieb |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [bliːp] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #987 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 18 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „blieb“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around blieb (IPA [bliːp]), averb. Corpus frequency is #987 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for blieb, with forms such as "bblieb", "bileb", and "blibe". 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 18 confusable-pair relationships, "blue", "Brief", "blind", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is blieb, spelled B-L-I-E-B.
Definition
- 11. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs bleiben
- 23. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs bleiben
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bblieb
- bileb
- blibe
- bliebb
- bllieb
- lbieb
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of blieb - 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.
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "blieb", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).