book

[bʊk]

/[bʊk]/ noun

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The verdict

“book” has 5 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #5,462. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,462
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - fest gebundene Papierseiten, das Buch

Corpus desk

Index DE-book · book · German

book · rank #5,462 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,462
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH bewerten

Nearest frequency peer: bewerten (-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 „book“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „book“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

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).

book vs Bot
25% similar
book vs Box
25% similar
book vs boy
50% similar

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

Key facts for book
PropertyValue
Headwordbook
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[bʊk]
Letters4
Frequency rank#5,462
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „book“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).bookliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „bewerten“ (#5,461), „Bruno“ (#5,463), „Benzin“ (#5,460). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „book“ bei #5,462. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around book (IPA [bʊk]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,462 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "fest gebundene Papierseiten, das Buch".

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for book, with forms such as "bbook", "bok", and "boko". 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, "Bot", "Box", "boy", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is book, spelled B-O-O-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    fest gebundene Papierseiten, das Buch

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. The book is lying on the table.
  2. The girl is reading an exciting book.

Synonyms

tome

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbook
  • bok
  • boko
  • bookk
  • obok

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

bbook1bok1boko2bookk1obok2
Edit distance from "book"

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 "book"?
"book" is spelled B-O-O-K. The IPA pronunciation is [bʊk].
What does "book" mean?
As a noun, "book" means: fest gebundene Papierseiten, das Buch
What words are commonly confused with "book"?
"book" is commonly confused with "Bot", "Box", "boy". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "book"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "book" is [bʊk]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "book" come from?
"book" 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 "book", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

camp#5,465data#5,468gebt#5,485Jesu#5,501

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).

Zelle5 variantsline5 variantsopel5 variantshave5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list