booten

[ˈbuːtn̩]

/[ˈbuːtn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“booten” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #15,584. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,584
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein Computersystem hochfahren, ein Computersystem starten

Corpus desk

Index DE-booten · booten · German

booten · rank #15,584 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #15,584
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH bomber

Nearest frequency peer: bomber (-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 „booten“

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

corpus weight

What this shows „booten“ 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).

booten vs Bote
50% similar
booten vs bösen
50% similar
booten vs Boxen
50% similar

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

Key facts for booten
PropertyValue
Headwordbooten
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈbuːtn̩]
Letters6
Frequency rank#15,584
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „booten“

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).bootenliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „bomber“ (#15,583), „Brandstiftung“ (#15,585), „blaues“ (#15,582). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „booten“ bei #15,584. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around booten (IPA [ˈbuːtn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #15,584 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "ein Computersystem hochfahren, ein Computersystem starten".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for booten, with forms such as "bbooten", "booetn", and "bootenn". 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, "Bote", "bösen", "Boxen", 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 to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is booten, spelled B-O-O-T-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    ein Computersystem hochfahren, ein Computersystem starten

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Bootet das System neu, damit die Änderungen vom Systemkern erkannt werden.
  2. „Qualvoll lang erscheinen ihm die Sekunden, bis das System endlich bootet.“

Synonyms

hochfahrenstarten

Antonyms

anhaltenbeendenherunterfahrenstoppen

This word in other languages

boot(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbooten
  • booetn
  • bootenn
  • bootne
  • bootten
  • botoen
  • oboten

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

bbooten1booetn2bootenn1bootne2bootten1botoen2oboten2
Edit distance from "booten"

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 "booten"?
"booten" is spelled B-O-O-T-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbuːtn̩].
What does "booten" mean?
As a verb, "booten" means: ein Computersystem hochfahren, ein Computersystem starten
What words are commonly confused with "booten"?
"booten" is commonly confused with "Bote", "bösen", "Boxen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "booten"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "booten" is [ˈbuːtn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "booten" come from?
"booten" 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 "booten", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

bomber#15,583blaues#15,582bunter#15,589bereue#15,577

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

Dildo7 variantsGassen7 variantswoman7 variantsKatar7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list