Bürgerwehr
[ˈbʏʁɡɐˌveːɐ̯]
The verdict
“Bürgerwehr” has 16 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #34,030. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #34,030
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - paramilitärische Einheit, die sich aus Bürgern eines Ortes zusammensetzt und für den Schutz von jenem einsetzt
Corpus desk
Index DE-burgerwehr · Bürgerwehr · German
Bürgerwehr · rank #34,030 · 16 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #34,030
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 16 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH Büdingen
Nearest frequency peer: Büdingen (-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 “Bürgerwehr”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Brünette
Brünette
65,975 corpus weight
- Buchungen
Buchungen
65,974 corpus weight
- bundle
bundle
65,973 corpus weight
- Büdingen
Büdingen
65,972 corpus weight
- Bürgerwehr
Bürgerwehr
65,971 corpus weight
- Cayenne
Cayenne
65,969 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Bürgerwehr” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Bürgerwehr |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbʏʁɡɐˌveːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #34,030 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Bürgerwehr” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around Bürgerwehr (IPA [ˈbʏʁɡɐˌveːɐ̯]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #34,030 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "paramilitärische Einheit, die sich aus Bürgern eines Ortes zusammensetzt und für den Schutz von jenem einsetzt".
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for Bürgerwehr, with forms such as "bbürgerwehr", "brügerwehr", and "bügrerwehr". 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. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
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 Bürgerwehr, spelled B-Ü-R-G-E-R-W-E-H-R.
Definition
- 1paramilitärische Einheit, die sich aus Bürgern eines Ortes zusammensetzt und für den Schutz von jenem einsetzt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Bürgerwehr appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Seither liefert er den nigerianischen Sicherheitskräften wertvolle Informationen und begleitet als Scout eine bewaffnete Bürgerwehr.“
„Und immer mehr Bürgerwehren werden gebildet, gerade in ländlichen Gegenden.“
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbürgerwehr
- brügerwehr
- bügrerwehr
- büregrwehr
- bürgerewhr
- bürgerrwehr
- bürgerwehhr
- bürgerwehrr
- bürgerwerh
- bürgerwher
- bürgerwwehr
- bürgewrehr
- bürggerwehr
- bürgrewehr
- bürrgerwehr
- übrgerwehr
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Bürgerwehr - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- 16 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
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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.