böse
[ˈbøːzə]
The verdict
“böse” has 5 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #1,543. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,543
- frequency rank, German
- 72,680
- “B” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - moralisch falsch, nicht gut; bösartig
Corpus desk
Index DE-bose · böse · German
böse · rank #1,543 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,543
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 72,680
- PHOTO-FINISH bestätigt
Nearest frequency peer: bestätigt (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “böse”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Ausland
Ausland
98,461 corpus weight
- Behandlung
Behandlung
98,460 corpus weight
- bestätigt
bestätigt
98,459 corpus weight
- böse
böse
98,458 corpus weight
- diesmal
diesmal
98,457 corpus weight
- Dorf
Dorf
98,456 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “böse” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | böse |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈbøːzə] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #1,543 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “böse” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around böse (IPA [ˈbøːzə]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #1,543 among 72,680 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for böse, with forms such as "bböse", "bsöe", and "böes". 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, "BS", "Bus", "Bot", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is böse, spelled B-Ö-S-E.
Definition
- 1moralisch falsch, nicht gut; bösartig
- 2von negativen Gefühlen, Gedanken erfüllt; verärgert, wütend
- 3schädlich oder gefährlich
- 4unartig
- 5sehr
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bböse
- bsöe
- böes
- bösse
- öbse
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of böse - 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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "böse", 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 (5 here; floor ≥5).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.