Blockbuster
[ˈblɔkˌbastɐ]
The verdict
“Blockbuster” has 18 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #28,108. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #28,108
- frequency rank, German
- 72,680
- “B” headwords
- 18
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - besonders einträgliches Produkt (Album, Buch, Film, Medikament…)
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Blockbuster |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈblɔkˌbastɐ] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #28,108 |
| Misspellings tracked | 18 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Blockbuster” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 18 spelling variants around Blockbuster (IPA [ˈblɔkˌbastɐ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #28,108 among 72,680 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for Blockbuster, with forms such as "bblockbuster", "blcokbuster", and "bllockbuster". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Blockbuster, spelled B-L-O-C-K-B-U-S-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1besonders einträgliches Produkt (Album, Buch, Film, Medikament…)
- 2besonders zerstörerische Bombe
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: bblockbuster,blcokbuster,bllockbuster,blocbkuster,blocckbuster,blockbbuster,blockbsuter,blockbusetr,blockbusster,blockbusterr,blockbustre,blockbustter,blockbutser,blockkbuster,blockubster,blokcbuster,bolckbuster,lbockbuster
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Blockbuster - 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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Using “Blockbuster”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is B-L-O-C-K-B-U-S-T-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈblɔkˌbastɐ] (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
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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.