Bühne
[ˈbyːnə]
The verdict
“Bühne” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #2,021. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #2,021
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Erhöhung zur Aufführung von Theater- oder Musikstücken
Corpus desk
Index DE-buhne · Bühne · German
Bühne · rank #2,021 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #2,021
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH Bonn
Nearest frequency peer: Bonn (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Bühne”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Berg
Berg
97,983 corpus weight
- bislang
bislang
97,982 corpus weight
- Bonn
Bonn
97,981 corpus weight
- Bühne
Bühne
97,980 corpus weight
- City
City
97,979 corpus weight
- ehemalige
ehemalige
97,978 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Bühne” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | Bühne |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbyːnə] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #2,021 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Bühne” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around Bühne (IPA [ˈbyːnə]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,021 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Bühne, with forms such as "bbühne", "bhüne", and "bühen". 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, "Bund", "bunt", "burn", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Bühne, spelled B-Ü-H-N-E.
Definition
- 1Erhöhung zur Aufführung von Theater- oder Musikstücken
- 2Theater
- 3Dachboden
- 4Einrichtung bestehend aus einer Plattform, Schienen oder Ähnlichem, die den Zweck hat, Gegenstände oder Personen anzuheben
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Bühne appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Es traten vier als Indianer verkleidete Jungen auf die Bühne.
„Die Bühne war sehr dunkel, und die Hauptfigur des Stückes trug einen alten, dunklen Mantel, und alles sah aus wie auf alten Fotos vor acht, neun Jahren, als es noch dunkle Ruinen und Trümmer gab.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbühne
- bhüne
- bühen
- bühhne
- bühnne
- bünhe
- übhne
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Bühne - 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 "Bühne", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "Bühne". Here's where to go from here.
- "Bühne" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "Bund". View pair
- 7 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #2,021 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "B" letter cohort. B–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.