Brezel
[ˈbʁeːt͡sl̩]
The verdict
“Brezel” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #35,677. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #35,677
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - größeres mit Salz beziehungsweise Zucker bestreutes Laugen- oder Zuckergebäck, dessen Form dem Buchstaben B ähnelt
Corpus desk
Index DE-brezel · Brezel · German
Brezel · rank #35,677 · 9 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-MID #35,677
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH braven
Nearest frequency peer: braven (-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 „Brezel“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Bornheim
Bornheim
64,326 corpus weight
- braven
braven
64,325 corpus weight
- Brezel
Brezel
64,324 corpus weight
- Brighton
Brighton
64,323 corpus weight
- Brisanz
Brisanz
64,322 corpus weight
- Bundesbahn
Bundesbahn
64,321 corpus weight
What this shows „Brezel“ 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 | Brezel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbʁeːt͡sl̩] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #35,677 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Brezel“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around Brezel (IPA [ˈbʁeːt͡sl̩]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #35,677 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Brezel, with forms such as "bbrezel", "berzel", and "breezl". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "Brezeln", "Bremen", "Bremer", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Brezel, spelled B-R-E-Z-E-L.
Definition
- 1größeres mit Salz beziehungsweise Zucker bestreutes Laugen- oder Zuckergebäck, dessen Form dem Buchstaben B ähnelt
- 2Knabbergebäck, das in seiner Form einer Brezel [1] nachempfunden ist
- 3Art Waffel, dünnes, knuspriges, im Waffeleisen hergestelltes süßes oder salziges, auch mit Kümmel gewürztes Gebäck
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Brezel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das alte Zunftzeichen der Bäcker ist die Brezel.
„Das Wort Brezel heißt überall auf der Welt gleich: Brezel oder Pretzel – das begreifen wir in diesem Augenblick.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbrezel
- berzel
- breezl
- brezell
- brezle
- brezzel
- brrezel
- brzeel
- rbezel
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Brezel - 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 "Brezel", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).