bücken

Name: bücken, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[ˈbʏkn̩]

/[ˈbʏkn̩]/ verb

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“bücken” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #32,980. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#32,980
frequency rank, German: 5,818
“B” headwords: 9
tracked misspellings: 20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - den Oberkörper tief in Richtung Boden beugen

Corpus desk

Index DE-bucken · bücken · German

bücken · rank #32,980 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

FREQ-MID #32,980
LEN-LONG 6 letters
VOW-2 2 vowels
CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
VAR-MID 9 variants
BOOK-DENSE 5,818
PHOTO-FINISH bürgerliches

Nearest frequency peer: bürgerliches (+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.

Bundesverdi…

67,024
bändigen

67,023
bücken

67,021
bürgerliches

67,020
called

67,019
Clement

67,018

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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

bücken vs Busen

33% similar

bücken vs Burke

33% similar

bücken vs Buden

33% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for bücken
Property	Value
Headword	bücken
Language	German
Part of speech	Verb
IPA	[ˈbʏkn̩]
Letters	6
Frequency rank	#32,980
Misspellings tracked	9
Confusable pairs	20
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „bücken“

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

#32,980

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „bürgerliches“ (#32,981), „bändigen“ (#32,978), „called“ (#32,982). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „bücken“ bei #32,980. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around bücken (IPA [ˈbʏkn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #32,980 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "den Oberkörper tief in Richtung Boden beugen".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for bücken, with forms such as "bbücken", "bcüken", and "büccken". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Busen", "Burke", "Buden", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is bücken, spelled B-Ü-C-K-E-N.

Definition

1
den Oberkörper tief in Richtung Boden beugen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

Um die heruntergefallenen Socken aufzuheben, muss Vati sich bücken.
„‚Es fällt Ihnen schwer, sich zu bücken. Lassen Sie mich das machen.‘ Ich gehe einen Schritt auf ihn zu und signalisiere mit einer Handbewegung die Bereitschaft, den Schnürsenkel zu binden.“

Antonyms

aufrichten

This word in other languages

bend down(English)agacharse(Español)baisser(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

bbücken
bcüken
büccken
bücekn
bückenn
bückken
bückne
bükcen
übcken

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

Edit distance from "bücken"

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 "bücken"?

"bücken" is spelled B-Ü-C-K-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbʏkn̩].

What does "bücken" mean?

As a verb, "bücken" means: den Oberkörper tief in Richtung Boden beugen

What words are commonly confused with "bücken"?

"bücken" is commonly confused with "Busen", "Burke", "Buden". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "bücken"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bücken" is [ˈbʏkn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "bücken" come from?

"bücken" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.

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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

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