glauben
[ˈɡlaʊ̯bn̩]
The verdict
“glauben” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #659. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #659
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - religiös sein, an einen oder mehrere Götter glauben; in seinem Glauben überzeugt sein
Corpus desk
Index DE-glauben · glauben · German
glauben · rank #659 · 10 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #659
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH dachte
Nearest frequency peer: dachte (-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 “glauben”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- August
August
99,345 corpus weight
- Bilder
Bilder
99,344 corpus weight
- dachte
dachte
99,343 corpus weight
- glauben
glauben
99,342 corpus weight
- Mitte
Mitte
99,341 corpus weight
- November
November
99,340 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “glauben” 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 | glauben |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈɡlaʊ̯bn̩] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #659 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “glauben” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around glauben (IPA [ˈɡlaʊ̯bn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #659 among 5,117 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for glauben, with forms such as "galuben", "gglauben", and "glabuen". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Guben", "glaubt", "Graben", 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 best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is glauben, spelled G-L-A-U-B-E-N.
Definition
- 1religiös sein, an einen oder mehrere Götter glauben; in seinem Glauben überzeugt sein
- 2einen Sachverhalt für wahr/richtig/glaubwürdig halten, aber die Möglichkeit zulassen, dass dies widerlegt wird; meinen
- 3etwas für möglich und wahrscheinlich halten; etwas vermuten, annehmen, mutmaßen, der Meinung sein
- 4sich auf jemanden vertrauensvoll verlassen
- 5jemandem vertrauen, auf jemanden vertrauen; auf etwas setzen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how glauben appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er glaubt an Gott.
Er glaubt, dass Gott die Welt geschaffen hat und alles einen Sinn hat.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- galuben
- gglauben
- glabuen
- glaubben
- glaubenn
- glaubne
- glauebn
- gllauben
- gluaben
- lgauben
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of glauben - 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 "glauben", 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).
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.