blöde

[ˈbløːdə]

/[ˈbløːdə]/ adj

The verdict

“blöde” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #5,919. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,919
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - auf sehr niedrigem geistigen Niveau

Corpus desk

Index DE-blode · blöde · German

blöde · rank #5,919 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,919
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH billiger

Nearest frequency peer: billiger (-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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “blöde”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “blöde” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

blöde vs böse
60% similar
blöde vs Blog
20% similar
blöde vs blue
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for blöde
PropertyValue
Headwordblöde
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈbløːdə]
Letters5
Frequency rank#5,919
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Wo “blöde” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.blödeliegt hier:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. In derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite liegen „billiger“ (#5,918), „brennen“ (#5,920), „BGB“ (#5,917). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around blöde (IPA [ˈbløːdə]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #5,919 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "auf sehr niedrigem geistigen Niveau".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for blöde, with forms such as "bblöde", "bldöe", and "bllöde". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "böse", "Blog", "blue", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is blöde, spelled B-L-Ö-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    auf sehr niedrigem geistigen Niveau

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how blöde appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Das wird mir jetzt echt zu blöde!

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bblöde
  • bldöe
  • bllöde
  • blödde
  • blöed
  • bölde
  • lböde

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of blöde - 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.

bblöde1bldöe2bllöde1blödde1blöed2bölde2lböde2
Edit distance from "blöde"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "blöde"?
"blöde" is spelled B-L-Ö-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbløːdə].
What does "blöde" mean?
As an adjective, "blöde" means: auf sehr niedrigem geistigen Niveau
What words are commonly confused with "blöde"?
"blöde" is commonly confused with "böse", "Blog", "blue". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "blöde"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "blöde" is [ˈbløːdə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "blöde" come from?
"blöde" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "blöde", 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 (7 here; floor ≥5).

What to do next

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  • "blöde" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "böse". View pair
  • 7 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
  • Usage frequency rank #5,919 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
  • Browse more German words in the "B" letter cohort. B–Z browse

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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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list