Globus
[ˈɡloːbʊs]
The verdict
“Globus” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #15,377. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #15,377
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Kugel mit dem Abbild eines Himmelskörpers, zum Beispiel der Erde oder der scheinbaren Himmelskugel auf ihrer Oberfläche
Corpus desk
Index DE-globus · Globus · German
Globus · rank #15,377 · 9 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-MID #15,377
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH ghost
Nearest frequency peer: ghost (-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 „Globus“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- gewandt
gewandt
84,627 corpus weight
- Gewässern
Gewässern
84,626 corpus weight
- ghost
ghost
84,625 corpus weight
- Globus
Globus
84,624 corpus weight
- glänzt
glänzt
84,623 corpus weight
- grandios
grandios
84,622 corpus weight
What this shows „Globus“ 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 | Globus |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɡloːbʊs] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #15,377 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Globus“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around Globus (IPA [ˈɡloːbʊs]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #15,377 among 5,117 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Globus, with forms such as "gglobus", "glbous", and "gllobus". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "grobes", "globe", "global", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Globus, spelled G-L-O-B-U-S.
Definition
- 1Kugel mit dem Abbild eines Himmelskörpers, zum Beispiel der Erde oder der scheinbaren Himmelskugel auf ihrer Oberfläche
- 2der Planet Erde
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Globus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Für Geografen ist ein Globus ein hilfreiches Arbeitsmittel.
„Ihr werdet auf den Grund des Ozeans tauchen und zum Mond reisen, in fünf Stunden werdet ihr von Hamburg nach Amerika fliegen, in euren Stuben werdet ihr sitzen und sehen, was auf der anderen Seite des Globus geschieht.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- gglobus
- glbous
- gllobus
- globbus
- globsu
- globuss
- gloubs
- golbus
- lgobus
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Globus - 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.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Globus", 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 (9 here; floor ≥5).