Blitzer
[ˈblɪt͡sɐ]
The verdict
“Blitzer” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #21,553. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #21,553
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 10
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - im Straßenverkehr eingesetztes Blitzgerät zum Erfassen von Verstößen gegen die Straßenverkehrsordnung
Corpus desk
Index DE-blitzer · Blitzer · German
Blitzer · rank #21,553 · 11 variants · 10 confusables
- FREQ-MID #21,553
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH blade
Nearest frequency peer: blade (-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 „Blitzer“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- betrunkenen
betrunkenen
78,451 corpus weight
- bikes
bikes
78,450 corpus weight
- blade
blade
78,449 corpus weight
- Blitzer
Blitzer
78,448 corpus weight
- bluten
bluten
78,447 corpus weight
- brauchbare
brauchbare
78,446 corpus weight
What this shows „Blitzer“ 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 | Blitzer |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈblɪt͡sɐ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #21,553 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 10 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Blitzer“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around Blitzer (IPA [ˈblɪt͡sɐ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #21,553 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "im Straßenverkehr eingesetztes Blitzgerät zum Erfassen von Verstößen gegen die Straßenverkehrsordnung".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Blitzer, with forms such as "bblitzer", "biltzer", and "blitezr". 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. It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "blitzt", "Blitz", "bitter", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Blitzer, spelled B-L-I-T-Z-E-R.
Definition
- 1im Straßenverkehr eingesetztes Blitzgerät zum Erfassen von Verstößen gegen die Straßenverkehrsordnung
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Blitzer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Blitzer wurde nicht ausgelöst, da er sich an die Geschwindigkeitsbegrenzung hielt.
„Ich vermute, dass der eigentliche Grund für die paar Verkehrsunfälle die Blitzer sind, die über die gesamte Route 1 verteilt stehen.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bblitzer
- biltzer
- blitezr
- blittzer
- blitzerr
- blitzre
- blitzzer
- blizter
- bllitzer
- bltizer
- lbitzer
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Blitzer - 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 "Blitzer", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).