Glaube
[ˈɡlaʊ̯bə]
The verdict
“Glaube” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #359. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #359
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 16
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - religiöses Bekenntnis, Religion
Corpus desk
Index DE-glaube · Glaube · German
Glaube · rank #359 · 8 variants · 16 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #359
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH gewesen
Nearest frequency peer: gewesen (-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 “Glaube”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- deshalb
deshalb
99,645 corpus weight
- eben
eben
99,644 corpus weight
- gewesen
gewesen
99,643 corpus weight
- Glaube
Glaube
99,642 corpus weight
- Minuten
Minuten
99,641 corpus weight
- Polizei
Polizei
99,640 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Glaube” 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 | Glaube |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɡlaʊ̯bə] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #359 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 16 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Glaube” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around Glaube (IPA [ˈɡlaʊ̯bə]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #359 among 5,117 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Glaube, with forms such as "galube", "gglaube", and "glabue". 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 16 confusable-pair relationships, "graue", "Grube", "grabe", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Glaube, spelled G-L-A-U-B-E.
Definition
- 1religiöses Bekenntnis, Religion
- 2sicheres Dafür-Halten; eine unbewiesene Überzeugung
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Glaube appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Es fasziniert mich, dass Klaus nach seinem schlimmen Unfall seinen Glauben nicht verlor.
„Es bereitet sich in jenen Jahren eine stetige Hinwendung zum Glauben vor, sichtbar am intensiven Bibelstudium und der immer wieder aufgenmmenen Beschäftigung mit dem 73. Psalm; Jüngers Religiosität wird 1996 in der Konversion zum Katholizismus ihren konsequenten Ausdruck finden.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- galube
- gglaube
- glabue
- glaubbe
- glaueb
- gllaube
- gluabe
- lgaube
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Glaube - 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 2, 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 "Glaube", 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).
What to do next
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- "Glaube" maps to 16 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "graue". View pair
- 8 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #359 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "G" letter cohort. G–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.