bolzen
[ˈbɔlt͡sn̩]
The verdict
“bolzen” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #25,080. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #25,080
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas ziellos in die Gegend treten, schießen
Corpus desk
Index DE-bolzen · bolzen · German
bolzen · rank #25,080 · 9 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #25,080
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH Bohrung
Nearest frequency peer: Bohrung (-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 „bolzen“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- bizarr
bizarr
74,925 corpus weight
- bleibende
bleibende
74,924 corpus weight
- Blizzard
Blizzard
74,923 corpus weight
- Bohrung
Bohrung
74,922 corpus weight
- bolzen
bolzen
74,921 corpus weight
- brent
brent
74,918 corpus weight
What this shows „bolzen“ 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 | bolzen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈbɔlt͡sn̩] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #25,080 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „bolzen“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around bolzen (IPA [ˈbɔlt͡sn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #25,080 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for bolzen, with forms such as "bbolzen", "blozen", and "bolezn". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "bösen", "Boxen", "Boten", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is bolzen, spelled B-O-L-Z-E-N.
Definition
- 1etwas ziellos in die Gegend treten, schießen
- 2etwas sehr intensiv betreiben
- 3Fußball spielen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bolzen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„In der Sonne lässt Trainer Jürgen Klinsmann seine Spieler Kondition bolzen und im Kraftraum üben.“
„Während die italienischen bambini und mein Sohn auf dem Rasenplatz der Pfarrei San Pancrazio bolzen, laufen deren Mütter am Rande auf und ab und pflegen Telefonkontakt mit der Großfamilie.“
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbolzen
- blozen
- bolezn
- bollzen
- bolzenn
- bolzne
- bolzzen
- bozlen
- oblzen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bolzen - 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.
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 "bolzen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).