Debian
[ˈdɛbiən]
The verdict
“Debian” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #43,802. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #43,802
- frequency rank, German
- 2,764
- “D” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein freies Software-Projekt zur Erstellung einer freien Betriebssystem-Distribution
Corpus desk
Index DE-debian · Debian · German
Debian · rank #43,802 · 8 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #43,802
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,764
- PHOTO-FINISH davonkommen
Nearest frequency peer: davonkommen (-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 „Debian“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Datenaustau…
Datenaustausch
56,201 corpus weight
- davonkommen
davonkommen
56,200 corpus weight
- Debian
Debian
56,199 corpus weight
- Deeskalation
Deeskalation
56,198 corpus weight
- defender
defender
56,197 corpus weight
- Dekolleté
Dekolleté
56,196 corpus weight
What this shows „Debian“ 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 | Debian |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈdɛbiən] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #43,802 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Debian“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around Debian (IPA [ˈdɛbiən]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #43,802 among 2,764 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Debian, with forms such as "dbeian", "ddebian", and "debain". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "dein", "Dekan", "Design", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Debian, spelled D-E-B-I-A-N.
Definition
- 1ein freies Software-Projekt zur Erstellung einer freien Betriebssystem-Distribution
- 2eine freie Distribution^([1]) basierend auf dem GNU/Linux-Betriebssystem
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Debian appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Auch Symlink gratuliert herzlich, läuft doch Symlink seit Jahren auf einer Debian Installation.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- dbeian
- ddebian
- debain
- debbian
- debiann
- debina
- deiban
- edbian
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Debian - 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 "Debian", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).