Boss
[bɔs]
The verdict
“Boss” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #5,155) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #5,155
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Person in einer hohen Position, die anderen Mitarbeitern Anweisungen gibt: Vorgesetzter
Corpus desk
Index DE-boss · Boss · German
Boss · rank #5,155 · 4 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #5,155
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-LOW 4 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH Blödsinn
Nearest frequency peer: Blödsinn (-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 “Boss”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- binnen
binnen
94,849 corpus weight
- bittet
bittet
94,848 corpus weight
- Blödsinn
Blödsinn
94,847 corpus weight
- Boss
Boss
94,846 corpus weight
- check
check
94,845 corpus weight
- Claudia
Claudia
94,844 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Boss” 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 | Boss |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [bɔs] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #5,155 |
| Misspellings tracked | 4 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Boss” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for Boss is neighbouring look-alikes ("BS", "Bus", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced [bɔs]. Frequency #5,155 among 5,818 “B” headwords. 3 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for Boss, with forms such as "bboss", "boß", and "bsos". 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, "BS", "Bus", "Bot", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Boss, spelled B-O-S-S.
Definition
- 1eine Person in einer hohen Position, die anderen Mitarbeitern Anweisungen gibt: Vorgesetzter
- 2eine Person mit viel Macht
- 3starker Spielgegner
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Boss appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wir müssen den Boss fragen – das können wir nicht allein entscheiden.
Du bist der Boss!, also du entscheidest!
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bboss
- boß
- bsos
- obss
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Boss - 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 "Boss", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
What to do next
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- "Boss" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "BS". View pair
- 4 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #5,155 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "B" letter cohort. B–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.