Bong
[bɔŋ]
The verdict
“Bong” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #30,487. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #30,487
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine spezielle Wasserpfeife, die meist aus Acryl, Glas oder Kunststoff gefertigt ist und zum Konsumieren primär von Drogen wie Marihuana und Haschisch dient, auch für Tabak verwendet werden kann
Corpus desk
Index DE-bong · Bong · German
Bong · rank #30,487 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #30,487
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH Bollwerk
Nearest frequency peer: Bollwerk (-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 „Bong“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- bilateralen
bilateralen
69,517 corpus weight
- Blamage
Blamage
69,516 corpus weight
- Bollwerk
Bollwerk
69,515 corpus weight
- Bong
Bong
69,514 corpus weight
- Bourgeoisie
Bourgeoisie
69,513 corpus weight
- brennend
brennend
69,511 corpus weight
What this shows „Bong“ 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 | Bong |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [bɔŋ] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #30,487 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Bong“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around Bong (IPA [bɔŋ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #30,487 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "eine spezielle Wasserpfeife, die meist aus Acryl, Glas oder Kunststoff gefertigt ist und zum Konsumieren primär von Drogen wie Marihuana und Haschisch dient, auch für Tabak verwendet werden kann".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Bong, with forms such as "bbong", "bnog", and "bogn". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Bot", "Box", "boy", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Bong, spelled B-O-N-G.
Definition
- 1eine spezielle Wasserpfeife, die meist aus Acryl, Glas oder Kunststoff gefertigt ist und zum Konsumieren primär von Drogen wie Marihuana und Haschisch dient, auch für Tabak verwendet werden kann
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Bong appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Jonas nahm die Bong zur Feier mit.
„Cannabisprodukte werden zumeist geraucht, in Form von Joints oder mittels Pfeife, Bong oder Schillum.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbong
- bnog
- bogn
- bongg
- bonng
- obng
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Bong - 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 "Bong", 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).