Brustkrebs

[ˈbʁʊstˌkʁeːps]

/[ˈbʁʊstˌkʁeːps]/ noun

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The verdict

“Brustkrebs” has 17 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #23,067. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#23,067
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords
17
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - bösartige Veränderung der Brustdrüse, vor allem bei Frauen

Corpus desk

Index DE-brustkrebs · Brustkrebs · German

Brustkrebs · rank #23,067 · 17 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #23,067
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH brannten

Nearest frequency peer: brannten (-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 „Brustkrebs“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „Brustkrebs“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Brustkrebs
PropertyValue
HeadwordBrustkrebs
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈbʁʊstˌkʁeːps]
Letters10
Frequency rank#23,067
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Brustkrebs“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Brustkrebsliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „brannten“ (#23,066), „Buchhandel“ (#23,068), „Botanik“ (#23,064). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „Brustkrebs“ bei #23,067. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around Brustkrebs (IPA [ˈbʁʊstˌkʁeːps]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #23,067 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "bösartige Veränderung der Brustdrüse, vor allem bei Frauen".

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for Brustkrebs, with forms such as "bbrustkrebs", "brrustkrebs", and "brsutkrebs". 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, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Brustkrebs, spelled B-R-U-S-T-K-R-E-B-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    bösartige Veränderung der Brustdrüse, vor allem bei Frauen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Brustkrebs appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Seit ihrem Besuch habe ich viel telefoniert, mit allen möglichen Leuten, die ich kenne, mit Ärzten, die ich kenne, weil ich etwas über die Behandlung von Brustkrebs erfahren wollte.“
  2. „Seine Frau bekommt noch in den siebziger Jahren Brustkrebs.“

Synonyms

Mammakarzinom

This word in other languages

cancer du sein(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbrustkrebs
  • brrustkrebs
  • brsutkrebs
  • brusktrebs
  • brusstkrebs
  • brustkerbs
  • brustkkrebs
  • brustkrbes
  • brustkrebbs
  • brustkrebss
  • brustkresb
  • brustkrrebs
  • brustrkebs
  • brusttkrebs
  • brutskrebs
  • burstkrebs
  • rbustkrebs

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Brustkrebs - 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.

bbrustkrebs1brrustkrebs1brsutkrebs2brusktrebs2brusstkrebs1brustkerbs2brustkkrebs1brustkrbes2
Edit distance from "Brustkrebs"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Brustkrebs"?
"Brustkrebs" is spelled B-R-U-S-T-K-R-E-B-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbʁʊstˌkʁeːps].
What does "Brustkrebs" mean?
As a noun, "Brustkrebs" means: bösartige Veränderung der Brustdrüse, vor allem bei Frauen
What are common misspellings of "Brustkrebs"?
Common misspellings include "bbrustkrebs", "brrustkrebs", "brsutkrebs", "brusktrebs", "brusstkrebs". The correct spelling is "Brustkrebs".
How do you pronounce "Brustkrebs"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Brustkrebs" is [ˈbʁʊstˌkʁeːps]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Brustkrebs" come from?
"Brustkrebs" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Brustkrebs", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Buchhandel#23,068Biedenkopf#23,058demjenigen#23,079befristete#23,042

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

berühmteste17 variantsdreieinhalb17 variantsAussagekraft17 variantsaufgestockt17 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list