Buchstabendreher
German, noun/ˈbuːxˌʃtaːbn̩ˌdʁeːɐ/
Buchstabendreher is spelled B-U-C-H-S-T-A-B-E-N-D-R-E-H-E-R (16 letters) and appears about once in every 21 million words in written German, the 261,124th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Buchstabendreher is a German masculine noun meaning “A typographical error where two consecutive letters are flipped” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Rechtschreibfehler, der durch das versehentliche Vertauschen zweier Buchstaben entsteht”.
What does Buchstabendreher mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineA typographical error where two consecutive letters are flipped.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Rechtschreibfehler, der durch das versehentliche Vertauschen zweier Buchstaben entsteht
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Buchstabendreher
- Buchstabendrehers genitive
- Buchstabendrehern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Buchstabendreher?
- /ˈbuːxˌʃtaːbn̩ˌdʁeːɐ/
- [ˈbuːxˌʃtaːbn̩ˌdʁeːɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Buchstabendreher in German?
Buchstabendreher appears about once in every 21 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).