Buffet
[bʏˈfeː]
The verdict
“Buffet” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #14,764. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #14,764
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Möbelstück zur Aufbewahrung von Geschirr und Anrichten von Speisen
Corpus desk
Index DE-buffet · Buffet · German
Buffet · rank #14,764 · 7 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-MID #14,764
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH Caesar
Nearest frequency peer: Caesar (+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 „Buffet“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Bodo
Bodo
85,241 corpus weight
- bohren
bohren
85,240 corpus weight
- britischer
britischer
85,239 corpus weight
- Buffet
Buffet
85,237 corpus weight
- Caesar
Caesar
85,236 corpus weight
- chronischen
chronischen
85,235 corpus weight
What this shows „Buffet“ 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 | Buffet |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [bʏˈfeː] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #14,764 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Buffet“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around Buffet (IPA [bʏˈfeː]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,764 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 Buffet, with forms such as "bbuffet", "bfufet", and "bufeft". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "bullet", "Buff", "Budget", 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Buffet, spelled B-U-F-F-E-T.
Definition
- 1Möbelstück zur Aufbewahrung von Geschirr und Anrichten von Speisen
- 2festliche Tafel mit verschiedenen Speisen zur Selbstbedienung
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Buffet appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Sie steht auf und beginnt, Schubladen in dem Buffet aufzuziehen, sie sucht nach Servietten.“
„Die Wand hinter dem Buffet ist verspiegelt, sie zeigt meine Mutter und mich unter einem riesigen Kristallleuchter.“
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbuffet
- bfufet
- bufeft
- bufet
- buffett
- buffte
- ubffet
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Buffet - 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 "Buffet", 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).