Debakel
[deˈbaːkl̩]
The verdict
“Debakel” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #23,472. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #23,472
- frequency rank, German
- 2,764
- “D” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - unheilvoller, unglücklicher Ausgang
Corpus desk
Index DE-debakel · Debakel · German
Debakel · rank #23,472 · 10 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #23,472
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,764
- PHOTO-FINISH dazugehörige
Nearest frequency peer: dazugehörige (-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 „Debakel“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- damaliger
damaliger
76,532 corpus weight
- dancing
dancing
76,531 corpus weight
- dazugehörige
dazugehörige
76,530 corpus weight
- Debakel
Debakel
76,529 corpus weight
- deprimierend
deprimierend
76,528 corpus weight
- Devisen
Devisen
76,525 corpus weight
What this shows „Debakel“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
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 | Debakel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [deˈbaːkl̩] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #23,472 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Debakel“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around Debakel (IPA [deˈbaːkl̩]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #23,472 among 2,764 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "unheilvoller, unglücklicher Ausgang".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Debakel, with forms such as "dbeakel", "ddebakel", and "deabkel". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Deckel", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Debakel, spelled D-E-B-A-K-E-L.
Definition
- 1unheilvoller, unglücklicher Ausgang
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Debakel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Meine Verabredung mit meiner Nachbarin kann man als Debakel bezeichnen.
Experten schätzen, dass das Debakel der Terminaleröffnung für Verluste in Höhe von umgerechnet rund 25 Millionen Euro gesorgt hat.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- dbeakel
- ddebakel
- deabkel
- debaekl
- debakell
- debakkel
- debakle
- debbakel
- debkael
- edbakel
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Debakel - 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you spell "Debakel"?
What does "Debakel" mean?
What words are commonly confused with "Debakel"?
How do you pronounce "Debakel"?
What language does "Debakel" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Debakel", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).