dabei
[daˈbaɪ̯]
The verdict
“dabei” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #151. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #151
- frequency rank, German
- 45,632
- “D” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 18
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - in örtlicher Nähe
Corpus desk
Index DE-dabei · dabei · German
dabei · rank #151 · 6 variants · 18 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #151
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 18 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 45,632
- PHOTO-FINISH 4
Nearest frequency peer: 4 (-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 “dabei”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- dieses
dieses
99,853 corpus weight
- wurden
wurden
99,852 corpus weight
- 4
4
99,851 corpus weight
- dabei
dabei
99,850 corpus weight
- A
A
99,849 corpus weight
- dort
dort
99,848 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “dabei” 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 | dabei |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | [daˈbaɪ̯] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #151 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 18 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “dabei” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around dabei (IPA [daˈbaɪ̯]), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #151 among 45,632 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for dabei, with forms such as "adbei", "dabbei", and "dabie". 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 18 confusable-pair relationships, "dei", "dai", "drei", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is dabei, spelled D-A-B-E-I.
Definition
- 1in örtlicher Nähe
- 2bezeichnet eine zeitgleiche untergeordnete, kürzere oder resultierende Handlung
- 3leitet eine dem zuvor Gesagten widersprechende Aussage ein
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how dabei appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ganz nahe dabei fließt ein Bach.
Dabei kann ich nicht arbeiten.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- adbei
- dabbei
- dabie
- daebi
- dbaei
- ddabei
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of dabei - 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.
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 May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "dabei", 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 (6 here; floor ≥5).
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.