Böses
[ˈbøːzəs]
The verdict
“Böses” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #7,886. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,886
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Inbegriff für alles, was nicht gut respektive ethisch falsch ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-boses · Böses · German
Böses · rank #7,886 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #7,886
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH Brandt
Nearest frequency peer: Brandt (-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 „Böses“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Boston
Boston
92,118 corpus weight
- Branchen
Branchen
92,117 corpus weight
- Brandt
Brandt
92,116 corpus weight
- Böses
Böses
92,115 corpus weight
- Büros
Büros
92,114 corpus weight
- Christina
Christina
92,113 corpus weight
What this shows „Böses“ 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 | Böses |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbøːzəs] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #7,886 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Böses“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around Böses (IPA [ˈbøːzəs]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,886 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Inbegriff für alles, was nicht gut respektive ethisch falsch ist".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Böses, with forms such as "bböses", "bsöes", and "böess". 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, "Boss", "boys", "Bote", 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 Böses, spelled B-Ö-S-E-S.
Definition
- 1Inbegriff für alles, was nicht gut respektive ethisch falsch ist
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Böses appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Aus einer elegischen Grundstimmung heraus wird der Kampf gegen das Böse in der Welt unternommen, mit tausend Schmerzen und Zweifeln in der Brust wird das Gutsein und Guttun gefordert.“
„Das Böse stammt nicht aus der Quelle des Seins selbst, es ist nicht gleichursprünglich. Das Böse stammt aus einer geschaffenen Freiheit, aus einer mißbrauchten Freiheit.“
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bböses
- bsöes
- böess
- bösess
- bösses
- öbses
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Böses - 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 "Böses", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).