Box

[bɔks]

/[bɔks]/ noun

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The verdict

“Box” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #3,642) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#3,642
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Behältnis, Verpackung, meistens in der Form eines Quaders

Corpus desk

Index DE-box · Box · German

Box · rank #3,642 · 0 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,642
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH Bereiche

Nearest frequency peer: Bereiche (-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.

Häufigkeitsnachbarn des Verwechslers „Box“

Peers mit ähnlichem Corpus-Gewicht, getrennt von den Verwechslungspaaren unten

corpus weight

What this shows Balken platzieren „Box“ gegen die nächsten gerankten deutschen Lemmata, kein Reprint der Verwechslungsdesk.

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).

Box vs by
0% similar
Box vs Br
33% similar
Box vs bu
0% similar

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

Key facts for Box
PropertyValue
HeadwordBox
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[bɔks]
Letters3
Frequency rank#3,642
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Corpus-Rang neben Verwechslern von „Box“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Boxliegt auf dieser Marke:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Bereiche“ (#3,641), „branche“ (#3,643), „befand“ (#3,640). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „Box“ bei #3,642. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for Box is neighbouring look-alikes ("by", "Br", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced [bɔks]. Frequency #3,642 among 5,818 “B” headwords. 6 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

No generated misspelling entries exist for Box in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "by", "Br", "bu", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Box, spelled B-O-X.

Definition

  1. 1
    Behältnis, Verpackung, meistens in der Form eines Quaders
  2. 2
    abgeteilter, kleiner Raum
  3. 3
    eingeschlossener Raum, Kasten zur Unterbringung und Transportieren von Haustieren
  4. 4
    Platz zum Einstellen, Unterstellen; Garage, in der ein Rennwagen während des Rennens betreut werden kann
  5. 5
    Vorrichtung zum Umwandeln elektrischer Energie in Schall, zur Wiedergabe aufgezeichneter Musik; Lautsprecher
  6. 6
    Informatik, übertragen zu [1]: ein (üblicherweise) viereckiges Gebilde, so wie ein Fenster(chen)

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Was soll ich mit all den leeren Boxen machen?
  2. Er legte all seine alten Klamotten in eine leere Box.

Synonyms

SchachtelKastenKisteKartonKammerKämmerchenLautsprecherFeldViereckFensterKastenKästchen

This word in other languages

box(English)boîte(Français)

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 "Box"?
"Box" is spelled B-O-X. The IPA pronunciation is [bɔks].
What does "Box" mean?
As a noun, "Box" means: Behältnis, Verpackung, meistens in der Form eines Quaders
What words are commonly confused with "Box"?
"Box" is commonly confused with "by", "Br", "bu". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Box"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Box" is [bɔks]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Box" come from?
"Box" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Box", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

don#3,645Eva#3,650fit#3,655Ohr#3,610

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list