buchstäblich
[ˈbuːxˌʃtɛːplɪç]
The verdict
“buchstäblich” has 20 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #11,200. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #11,200
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
- 20
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - wortwörtlich, im wahrsten Sinne; ohne übertragene Lesweise
Corpus desk
Index DE-buchstablich · buchstäblich · German
buchstäblich · rank #11,200 · 20 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #11,200
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 20 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH brecht
Nearest frequency peer: brecht (-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 „buchstäblich“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- blauer
blauer
88,804 corpus weight
- bon
bon
88,803 corpus weight
- brecht
brecht
88,802 corpus weight
- buchstäblich
buchstäblich
88,801 corpus weight
- Bullshit
Bullshit
88,800 corpus weight
- chief
chief
88,799 corpus weight
What this shows „buchstäblich“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | buchstäblich |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈbuːxˌʃtɛːplɪç] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #11,200 |
| Misspellings tracked | 20 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „buchstäblich“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 20 spelling variants around buchstäblich (IPA [ˈbuːxˌʃtɛːplɪç]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #11,200 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "wortwörtlich, im wahrsten Sinne; ohne übertragene Lesweise".
Our generated misspelling index lists 20 likely wrong-spelling variants for buchstäblich, with forms such as "bbuchstäblich", "bcuhstäblich", and "bucchstäblich". 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. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
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 buchstäblich, spelled B-U-C-H-S-T-Ä-B-L-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1wortwörtlich, im wahrsten Sinne; ohne übertragene Lesweise
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how buchstäblich appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er hat das Auto buchstäblich auseinander genommen, also in seine Einzelteile zerlegt.
„Ich teilte dem Verleger mit, dass das Projekt buchstäblich ins Wasser gefallen sei, und begann mein Zimmer zu renovieren.“
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbuchstäblich
- bcuhstäblich
- bucchstäblich
- buchhstäblich
- buchsstäblich
- buchstbälich
- buchsttäblich
- buchstäbblich
- buchstäbilch
- buchstäblcih
- buchstäblicch
- buchstäblichh
- buchstäblihc
- buchstäbllich
- buchstälbich
- buchsätblich
- buchtsäblich
- bucshtäblich
- buhcstäblich
- ubchstäblich
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of buchstäblich - 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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "buchstäblich", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (20 here; floor ≥5).