bugs

[bʌɡz]

/[bʌɡz]/ noun

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The verdict

“bugs” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #20,538. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#20,538
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Plural des Substantivs bug

Corpus desk

Index DE-bugs · bugs · German

bugs · rank #20,538 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #20,538
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH Brände

Nearest frequency peer: Brände (-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 „bugs“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

bugs vs Bus
50% similar
bugs vs but
50% similar
bugs vs BVG
0% similar

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

Key facts for bugs
PropertyValue
Headwordbugs
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[bʌɡz]
Letters4
Frequency rank#20,538
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „bugs“

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

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Brände“ (#20,537), „Bundesagentur“ (#20,539), „bremst“ (#20,536). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „bugs“ bei #20,538. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around bugs (IPA [bʌɡz]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #20,538 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Plural des Substantivs bug".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for bugs, with forms such as "bbugs", "bgus", and "buggs". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Bus", "but", "BVG", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 bugs, spelled B-U-G-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Plural des Substantivs bug

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbugs
  • bgus
  • buggs
  • bugss
  • busg
  • ubgs

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bugs - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

bbugs1bgus2buggs1bugss1busg2ubgs2
Edit distance from "bugs"

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 "bugs"?
"bugs" is spelled B-U-G-S. The IPA pronunciation is [bʌɡz].
What does "bugs" mean?
As a noun, "bugs" means: Plural des Substantivs bug
What words are commonly confused with "bugs"?
"bugs" is commonly confused with "Bus", "but", "BVG". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bugs"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bugs" is [bʌɡz]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bugs" come from?
"bugs" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

CETA#20,543Bali#20,516anni#20,497Hanf#20,610

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

chase6 variantscoffee6 variantsbeige6 variantscould6 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list