Bürgerschaft
[ˈbʏʁɡɐʃaft]
The verdict
“Bürgerschaft” has 20 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #12,472. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #12,472
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
- 20
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gesamtheit der Bürger eines Ortes/Landes
Corpus desk
Index DE-burgerschaft · Bürgerschaft · German
Bürgerschaft · rank #12,472 · 20 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #12,472
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 20 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH Butler
Nearest frequency peer: Butler (-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 “Bürgerschaft”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- bewaffnete
bewaffnete
87,532 corpus weight
- Bremse
Bremse
87,531 corpus weight
- Butler
Butler
87,530 corpus weight
- Bürgerschaft
Bürgerschaft
87,529 corpus weight
- Bürokratie
Bürokratie
87,528 corpus weight
- Ce
Ce
87,526 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Bürgerschaft” 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 | Bürgerschaft |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbʏʁɡɐʃaft] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #12,472 |
| Misspellings tracked | 20 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Bürgerschaft” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 20 spelling variants around Bürgerschaft (IPA [ˈbʏʁɡɐʃaft]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #12,472 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 20 likely wrong-spelling variants for Bürgerschaft, with forms such as "bbürgerschaft", "brügerschaft", and "bügrerschaft". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Bürgschaft", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Bürgerschaft, spelled B-Ü-R-G-E-R-S-C-H-A-F-T.
Definition
- 1Gesamtheit der Bürger eines Ortes/Landes
- 2Gesamtheit der gewählten Vertreter in Parlamenten einiger Städte/Bundesländer
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Bürgerschaft appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Außerdem fieberte die Bürgerschaft der Stadt mit großem Ernst dem Kongress der Deutschen Anthropologischen Gesellschaft Anfang August entgegen.“
„Die Bürgerschaft hatte nach langen Gesuchen und mit hohen Gebühren vom Burgherrn die Erlaubnis bekommen, ihre Schafe auf den Wiesen außerhalb der Mauer weiden zu lassen.“
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbürgerschaft
- brügerschaft
- bügrerschaft
- büregrschaft
- bürgercshaft
- bürgerrschaft
- bürgerscahft
- bürgerscchaft
- bürgerschafft
- bürgerschaftt
- bürgerschatf
- bürgerschfat
- bürgerschhaft
- bürgershcaft
- bürgersschaft
- bürgesrchaft
- bürggerschaft
- bürgreschaft
- bürrgerschaft
- übrgerschaft
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Bürgerschaft - 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 "Bürgerschaft", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (20 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- This headword has one recorded confusable pair with "Bürgschaft". View pair
- 20 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #12,472 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.