Brandstifter
[ˈbʁantˌʃtɪftɐ]
The verdict
“Brandstifter” has 20 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #25,480. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #25,480
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
- 20
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Person, die einen Brand absichtlich oder fahrlässig verursacht
Corpus desk
Index DE-brandstifter · Brandstifter · German
Brandstifter · rank #25,480 · 20 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #25,480
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 20 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH blödes
Nearest frequency peer: blödes (-2 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 „Brandstifter“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Bezirksamt
Bezirksamt
74,526 corpus weight
- Binnenmarkt
Binnenmarkt
74,525 corpus weight
- blödes
blödes
74,523 corpus weight
- Brandstifter
Brandstifter
74,521 corpus weight
- broken
broken
74,519 corpus weight
- Bronzemedai…
Bronzemedaille
74,518 corpus weight
What this shows „Brandstifter“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Brandstifter |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbʁantˌʃtɪftɐ] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #25,480 |
| Misspellings tracked | 20 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Brandstifter“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 20 spelling variants around Brandstifter (IPA [ˈbʁantˌʃtɪftɐ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #25,480 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Person, die einen Brand absichtlich oder fahrlässig verursacht".
Our generated misspelling index lists 20 likely wrong-spelling variants for Brandstifter, with forms such as "barndstifter", "bbrandstifter", and "bradnstifter". 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. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Brandstifter, spelled B-R-A-N-D-S-T-I-F-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Person, die einen Brand absichtlich oder fahrlässig verursacht
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Brandstifter appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Behörden gehen davon aus, dass die Brandstifter aus der rechten Szene stammen.
„Durch unglückliche Umstände kommt der Wastl jedoch selbst in den Verdacht, der Brandstifter zu sein.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- barndstifter
- bbrandstifter
- bradnstifter
- branddstifter
- brandsitfter
- brandsstifter
- brandstfiter
- brandstifetr
- brandstiffter
- brandstifterr
- brandstiftre
- brandstiftter
- brandstitfer
- brandsttifter
- brandtsifter
- branndstifter
- bransdtifter
- brnadstifter
- brrandstifter
- rbandstifter
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Brandstifter - 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 "Brandstifter", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (20 here; floor ≥5).