bringen
[ˈbʁɪŋən]
The verdict
“bringen” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #427. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #427
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - eine Sache oder eine Person von einem an einen anderen Ort bewegen
Corpus desk
Index DE-bringen · bringen · German
bringen · rank #427 · 11 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #427
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH Auto
Nearest frequency peer: Auto (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “bringen”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- zweiten
zweiten
99,577 corpus weight
- aller
aller
99,576 corpus weight
- Auto
Auto
99,575 corpus weight
- bringen
bringen
99,574 corpus weight
- danach
danach
99,573 corpus weight
- deutlich
deutlich
99,572 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “bringen” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | bringen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈbʁɪŋən] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #427 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bringen” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around bringen (IPA [ˈbʁɪŋən]), averb. Corpus frequency is #427 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for bringen, with forms such as "bbringen", "birngen", and "brignen". 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. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "bringt", "Briten", "Brixen", 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is bringen, spelled B-R-I-N-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1eine Sache oder eine Person von einem an einen anderen Ort bewegen
- 2etwas verursachen, für etwas sorgen
- 3etwas Bestimmtes liefern, zustande bringen, erschaffen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bringen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Briefträger bringt mir einen Brief vom Gouverneur.
Mama bringt jeden Tag das Essen.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbringen
- birngen
- brignen
- brinegn
- bringenn
- bringgen
- bringne
- brinngen
- brnigen
- brringen
- rbingen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bringen - 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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "bringen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.