bombardier
[bɔmbaʁˈdiːɐ̯]
The verdict
“bombardier” has 15 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #39,254. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #39,254
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs bombardieren
Corpus desk
Index DE-bombardier · bombardier · German
bombardier · rank #39,254 · 15 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #39,254
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH bohn
Nearest frequency peer: bohn (-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 „bombardier“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- blickten
blickten
60,750 corpus weight
- blunt
blunt
60,749 corpus weight
- bohn
bohn
60,748 corpus weight
- bombardier
bombardier
60,747 corpus weight
- Bordstein
Bordstein
60,746 corpus weight
- Brandanschl…
Brandanschlag
60,744 corpus weight
What this shows „bombardier“ 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 | bombardier |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [bɔmbaʁˈdiːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #39,254 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „bombardier“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around bombardier (IPA [bɔmbaʁˈdiːɐ̯]), averb. Corpus frequency is #39,254 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs bombardieren".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for bombardier, with forms such as "bbombardier", "bmobardier", and "bobmardier". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "bombardiert", "bombardieren", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is bombardier, spelled B-O-M-B-A-R-D-I-E-R.
Definition
- 12. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs bombardieren
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbombardier
- bmobardier
- bobmardier
- bomabrdier
- bombadrier
- bombarddier
- bombardeir
- bombardierr
- bombardire
- bombarider
- bombarrdier
- bombbardier
- bombradier
- bommbardier
- obmbardier
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bombardier - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "bombardier", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).