blieben

/[ˈbliːbn̩]/ verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,757

in German word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

18

similar word pairs

blieben is aGermanverb. It means: 1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs bleiben Pronounced [ˈbliːbn̩]. It ranks #2,757 in German word frequency. Often confused with Briefen and blinden.

Key facts for blieben
PropertyValue
Headwordblieben
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈbliːbn̩]
Letters7
Frequency rank#2,757
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for blieben is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈbliːbn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,757 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for blieben, with forms such as "bblieben", "bileben", and "blibeen". 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 18 confusable-pair relationships, "Briefen", "blinden", "blitzen", 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 blieben, spelled B-L-I-E-B-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs bleiben
  2. 2
    3. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs bleiben
  3. 3
    1. Person Plural Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs bleiben
  4. 4
    3. Person Plural Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs bleiben

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bblieben,bileben,blibeen,bliebben,bliebenn,bliebne,blieebn,bllieben,lbieben

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for blieben

Misspelling Variants of "blieben"

bblieben8bileben7blibeen7bliebben8bliebenn8bliebne7blieebn7bllieben8
Misspelling Variants of "blieben"

Frequency rank: #2,757 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "blieben"?
"blieben" is spelled B-L-I-E-B-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbliːbn̩].
What does "blieben" mean?
As a verb, "blieben" means: 1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs bleiben
What words are commonly confused with "blieben"?
"blieben" is commonly confused with "Briefen", "blinden", "blitzen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "blieben"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "blieben" is [ˈbliːbn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "blieben" come from?
"blieben" 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.