Broadway
[ˈbʁoːtveː]
The verdict
“Broadway” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #19,170. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #19,170
- frequency rank, German
- 72,680
- “B” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - eine der Hauptstraßen von New York City
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Broadway |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbʁoːtveː] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #19,170 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Broadway” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around Broadway (IPA [ˈbʁoːtveː]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #19,170 among 72,680 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "eine der Hauptstraßen von New York City".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Broadway, with forms such as "bbroadway", "boradway", and "braodway". 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. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
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 Broadway, spelled B-R-O-A-D-W-A-Y.
Definition
- 1eine der Hauptstraßen von New York City
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbroadway
- boradway
- braodway
- broadawy
- broaddway
- broadwayy
- broadwway
- broadwya
- broawday
- brodaway
- brroadway
- rboadway
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Broadway - 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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Using “Broadway”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is B-R-O-A-D-W-A-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈbʁoːtveː] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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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.