boys
[bɔɪz]
The verdict
“boys” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #7,299. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,299
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Plural des Substantivs boy
Corpus desk
Index DE-boys · boys · German
boys · rank #7,299 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #7,299
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH Blitz
Nearest frequency peer: Blitz (-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 „boys“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- betreffen
betreffen
92,705 corpus weight
- Betten
Betten
92,704 corpus weight
- Blitz
Blitz
92,703 corpus weight
- boys
boys
92,702 corpus weight
- Brian
Brian
92,701 corpus weight
- Bundesamt
Bundesamt
92,700 corpus weight
What this shows „boys“ 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 | boys |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [bɔɪz] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #7,299 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „boys“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around boys (IPA [bɔɪz]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,299 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Plural des Substantivs boy".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for boys, with forms such as "bboys", "bosy", and "boyss". 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, "by", "BS", "Bus", 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 pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is boys, spelled B-O-Y-S.
Definition
- 1Plural des Substantivs boy
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bboys
- bosy
- boyss
- boyys
- byos
- obys
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of boys - 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.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "boys", 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 (6 here; floor ≥5).