Büffel
[ˈbʏfl̩]
The verdict
“Büffel” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #34,566. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #34,566
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Angehöriger einer von mehreren Arten von afrikanischen oder asiatischen Rindern
Corpus desk
Index DE-buffel · Büffel · German
Büffel · rank #34,566 · 7 variants · 6 confusables
- FREQ-MID #34,566
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH bösartigen
Nearest frequency peer: bösartigen (-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 „Büffel“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Busfahrt
Busfahrt
65,439 corpus weight
- Bändchen
Bändchen
65,437 corpus weight
- bösartigen
bösartigen
65,436 corpus weight
- Büffel
Büffel
65,435 corpus weight
- cave
cave
65,433 corpus weight
- chambers
chambers
65,431 corpus weight
What this shows „Büffel“ 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 | Büffel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbʏfl̩] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #34,566 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Büffel“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around Büffel (IPA [ˈbʏfl̩]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #34,566 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Büffel, with forms such as "bbüffel", "bfüfel", and "büfefl". 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. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "Bügel", "Buffet", "Bündel", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Büffel, spelled B-Ü-F-F-E-L.
Definition
- 1Angehöriger einer von mehreren Arten von afrikanischen oder asiatischen Rindern
- 2ungebildeter und rücksichtsloser Mensch
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Büffel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Wasserbüffel ist der bekannteste Vertreter unter den Büffeln.
„Der Büffel lag auf den Knien, warf rasend den Kopf hin und her und brüllte in schweinsäugiger Wut lärmend auf, als sie auf ihn zugingen.“
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbüffel
- bfüfel
- büfefl
- büfel
- büffell
- büffle
- übffel
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Büffel - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "Büffel", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).