Bürste

[ˈbʏʁstə]

/[ˈbʏʁstə]/ noun

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The verdict

“Bürste” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #28,582. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#28,582
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
15
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - aus einem Stiel oder Griff und befestigten Borsten bestehender Gegenstand

Corpus desk

Index DE-burste · Bürste · German

Bürste · rank #28,582 · 8 variants · 15 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #28,582
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH Bürgertum

Nearest frequency peer: Bürgertum (-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 „Bürste“

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

corpus weight

What this shows „Bürste“ 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).

Bürste vs burt
33% similar
Bürste vs Busse
50% similar
Bürste vs Büste
83% similar

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

Key facts for Bürste
PropertyValue
HeadwordBürste
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈbʏʁstə]
Letters6
Frequency rank#28,582
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Bürste“

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Bürgertum“ (#28,581), „Büsche“ (#28,583), „Bühl“ (#28,580). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „Bürste“ bei #28,582. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around Bürste (IPA [ˈbʏʁstə]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #28,582 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Bürste, with forms such as "bbürste", "bürrste", and "bürset". 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 15 confusable-pair relationships, "burt", "Busse", "Büste", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Bürste, spelled B-Ü-R-S-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    aus einem Stiel oder Griff und befestigten Borsten bestehender Gegenstand
  2. 2
    Gleitkontakt aus Graphit in Motoren und Generatoren
  3. 3
    kurzer Haarschnitt

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Messer und Bürsten sind derzeit Klaus Mißlers Verbündete. Mit ihnen rückt der 50-Jährige Schmutzflecken und zusammengeklebten Seiten in wertvollen Büchern zu Leibe.“
  2. „Aus dem Café kam die Kellnerin Mizzi gelaufen, eine Bürste in der Hand.“

Synonyms

KohlebürsteBürstenhaarschnittBürstenfrisurBürstenschnitt

This word in other languages

brush(English)escobillón(Español)brosse(Français)escova(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbürste
  • bürrste
  • bürset
  • bürsste
  • bürstte
  • bürtse
  • büsrte
  • übrste

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

bbürste1bürrste1bürset2bürsste1bürstte1bürtse2büsrte2übrste2
Edit distance from "Bürste"

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 "Bürste"?
"Bürste" is spelled B-Ü-R-S-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbʏʁstə].
What does "Bürste" mean?
As a noun, "Bürste" means: aus einem Stiel oder Griff und befestigten Borsten bestehender Gegenstand
What words are commonly confused with "Bürste"?
"Bürste" is commonly confused with "burt", "Busse", "Büste". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Bürste"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Bürste" is [ˈbʏʁstə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Bürste" come from?
"Bürste" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Büsche#28,583Chanel#28,587Charge#28,588bishop#28,569

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

Bestie8 variantsbemühe8 variantsEnzym8 variantsfossil8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list