buddeln
[ˈbʊdl̩n]
The verdict
“buddeln” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #48,029. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #48,029
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - in der Erde (oder Ähnlichem) graben
Corpus desk
Index DE-buddeln · buddeln · German
buddeln · rank #48,029 · 9 variants · 6 confusables
- FREQ-MID #48,029
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH Buff
Nearest frequency peer: Buff (+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 „buddeln“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- brun
brun
51,975 corpus weight
- bryce
bryce
51,974 corpus weight
- buddeln
buddeln
51,972 corpus weight
- Buff
Buff
51,971 corpus weight
- Bundesarbei…
Bundesarbeitsgericht
51,970 corpus weight
- bundesweiter
bundesweiter
51,969 corpus weight
What this shows „buddeln“ 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).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | buddeln |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈbʊdl̩n] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #48,029 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „buddeln“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around buddeln (IPA [ˈbʊdl̩n]), averb. Corpus frequency is #48,029 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for buddeln, with forms such as "bbuddeln", "bdudeln", and "buddelln". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "Buden", "Bündel", "Bügeln", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is buddeln, spelled B-U-D-D-E-L-N.
Definition
- 1in der Erde (oder Ähnlichem) graben
- 2etwas (zum Beispiel Erde oder Ähnliches) durch Buddeln [1] ausheben
- 3etwas durch Buddeln [1] schaffen
- 4etwas Eingegrabenes (zum Beispiel Gemüse oder Ähnliches) ernten
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how buddeln appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Kinder buddeln im Sandkasten.
„Nach dem Essen wirds gar dramatisch: Die Klempner haben sehr tief buddeln müssen (sie sind seltsamerweise ohne jedes Werkzeug gekommen, es geht immerfort: Herr Pfarrer, hammse mal ne Zange, hammse mal nen Hammer usw.) und haben dabei zwei Knochen eines Menschenbeines, Ober- und Unterschenkel, gefunden, und nun rätseln sie.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbuddeln
- bdudeln
- buddelln
- buddelnn
- buddenl
- buddlen
- budedln
- budeln
- ubddeln
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of buddeln - 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.
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 "buddeln", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).