Bürgerkrieg

[ˈbʏʁɡɐˌkʁiːk]

/[ˈbʏʁɡɐˌkʁiːk]/ noun

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The verdict

“Bürgerkrieg” has 17 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #5,923. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,923
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords
17
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - bewaffneter Konflikt zwischen unterschiedlichen (politischen, nationalen, sozialen oder religiösen) Gruppen innerhalb der Grenzen eines Staates

Corpus desk

Index DE-burgerkrieg · Bürgerkrieg · German

Bürgerkrieg · rank #5,923 · 17 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,923
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH bundesweit

Nearest frequency peer: bundesweit (-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 „Bürgerkrieg“

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

corpus weight

What this shows „Bürgerkrieg“ 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).

Bürgerkrieg vs Bürgerkriegs
92% similar
Bürgerkrieg vs Bürgerkrieges
85% similar

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

Key facts for Bürgerkrieg
PropertyValue
HeadwordBürgerkrieg
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈbʏʁɡɐˌkʁiːk]
Letters11
Frequency rank#5,923
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Bürgerkrieg“

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Bürgerkriegliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „bundesweit“ (#5,922), „Christentum“ (#5,924), „bringe“ (#5,921). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „Bürgerkrieg“ bei #5,923. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around Bürgerkrieg (IPA [ˈbʏʁɡɐˌkʁiːk]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,923 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for Bürgerkrieg, with forms such as "bbürgerkrieg", "brügerkrieg", and "bügrerkrieg". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Bürgerkriegs", "Bürgerkrieges", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Bürgerkrieg, spelled B-Ü-R-G-E-R-K-R-I-E-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    bewaffneter Konflikt zwischen unterschiedlichen (politischen, nationalen, sozialen oder religiösen) Gruppen innerhalb der Grenzen eines Staates
  2. 2
    der unter [1] beschriebene bewaffnete Konflikt derartiger Gruppen mit der Regierung des Staates, in dem der Konflikt herrscht

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Bürgerkrieg appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Der Sezessionskrieg war ein Bürgerkrieg.
  2. „Hören wir Gracchus Babeuf, der in seiner berühmten Rede nach dem Massaker auf dem Marsfeld in Paris ausrief: »Ihr Niederträchtigen, ihr schreit, man müsse den Bürgerkrieg verhindern, man dürfe die Fackel der Zwietracht nicht unter das Volk werfen. Und welcher Bürgerkrieg ist empörender als derjenige, der alle Mörder auf einer Seite und alle wehrlosen Opf…

Synonyms

Bruderkrieg

Antonyms

Partisanenkrieg

This word in other languages

civil war(English)guerra civil(Español)guerre civile(Français)guerra civil(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbürgerkrieg
  • brügerkrieg
  • bügrerkrieg
  • büregrkrieg
  • bürgekrrieg
  • bürgerkireg
  • bürgerkkrieg
  • bürgerkreig
  • bürgerkriegg
  • bürgerkrige
  • bürgerkrrieg
  • bürgerrkieg
  • bürgerrkrieg
  • bürggerkrieg
  • bürgrekrieg
  • bürrgerkrieg
  • übrgerkrieg

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Bürgerkrieg - 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.

bbürgerkrieg1brügerkrieg2bügrerkrieg2büregrkrieg2bürgekrrieg2bürgerkireg2bürgerkkrieg1bürgerkreig2
Edit distance from "Bürgerkrieg"

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 "Bürgerkrieg"?
"Bürgerkrieg" is spelled B-Ü-R-G-E-R-K-R-I-E-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbʏʁɡɐˌkʁiːk].
What does "Bürgerkrieg" mean?
As a noun, "Bürgerkrieg" means: bewaffneter Konflikt zwischen unterschiedlichen (politischen, nationalen, sozialen oder religiösen) Gruppen innerhalb der Grenzen eines Staates
What words are commonly confused with "Bürgerkrieg"?
"Bürgerkrieg" is commonly confused with "Bürgerkriegs", "Bürgerkrieges". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Bürgerkrieg"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Bürgerkrieg" is [ˈbʏʁɡɐˌkʁiːk]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Bürgerkrieg" come from?
"Bürgerkrieg" 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 "Bürgerkrieg", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Christentum#5,924Behinderung#5,914eingetragen#5,935Frankreichs#5,947

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

Energiewende17 variantsverbundenen17 variantsunterrichtet17 variantsRestaurants17 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list