bomb
[bɔmp]
The verdict
“bomb” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #38,654. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #38,654
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs bomben
Corpus desk
Index DE-bomb · bomb · German
bomb · rank #38,654 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #38,654
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH bolle
Nearest frequency peer: bolle (-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 „bomb“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- bleichen
bleichen
61,351 corpus weight
- bolle
bolle
61,348 corpus weight
- bomb
bomb
61,347 corpus weight
- bra
bra
61,346 corpus weight
- brisante
brisante
61,345 corpus weight
- Brixen
Brixen
61,344 corpus weight
What this shows „bomb“ 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 | bomb |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [bɔmp] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #38,654 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „bomb“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around bomb (IPA [bɔmp]), averb. Corpus frequency is #38,654 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs bomben".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for bomb, with forms such as "bbomb", "bmob", and "bobm". 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, "Bot", "Box", "BVB", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is bomb, spelled B-O-M-B.
Definition
- 12. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs bomben
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbomb
- bmob
- bobm
- bombb
- bommb
- obmb
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bomb - 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 "bomb", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).