Brandung
[ˈbʁandʊŋ]
The verdict
“Brandung” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #32,969. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #32,969
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - zusammenschlagende Wellen
Corpus desk
Index DE-brandung · Brandung · German
Brandung · rank #32,969 · 13 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #32,969
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH brands
Nearest frequency peer: brands (-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 „Brandung“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Blies
Blies
67,036 corpus weight
- Blindheit
Blindheit
67,035 corpus weight
- brands
brands
67,033 corpus weight
- Brandung
Brandung
67,032 corpus weight
- Brauhaus
Brauhaus
67,031 corpus weight
- Brisbane
Brisbane
67,030 corpus weight
What this shows „Brandung“ 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 | Brandung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbʁandʊŋ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #32,969 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Brandung“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around Brandung (IPA [ˈbʁandʊŋ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #32,969 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "zusammenschlagende Wellen".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Brandung, with forms such as "barndung", "bbrandung", and "bradnung". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Bindung", "branding", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Brandung, spelled B-R-A-N-D-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1zusammenschlagende Wellen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Brandung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das Baden in der Brandung ist heute herrlich.
Du kannst heute nicht surfen gehen, die Brandung ist viel zu stark!
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- barndung
- bbrandung
- bradnung
- branddung
- brandnug
- brandugn
- brandungg
- brandunng
- branndung
- branudng
- brnadung
- brrandung
- rbandung
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Brandung - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "Brandung", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).