Hebamme
[ˈheːpˌʔamə]
The verdict
“Hebamme” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #17,931. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #17,931
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - früher kundige, heutzutage an einer speziellen Lehranstalt ausgebildete und staatlich geprüfte Person, die während der Schwangerschaft, bei der Geburt, während des Wochenbetts und der Stillzeit die...
Corpus desk
Index DE-hebamme · Hebamme · German
Hebamme · rank #17,931 · 8 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #17,931
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH harmonisch
Nearest frequency peer: harmonisch (-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 „Hebamme“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- günstigere
günstigere
82,073 corpus weight
- Harburg
Harburg
82,072 corpus weight
- harmonisch
harmonisch
82,071 corpus weight
- Hebamme
Hebamme
82,070 corpus weight
- heels
heels
82,069 corpus weight
- heile
heile
82,068 corpus weight
What this shows „Hebamme“ 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 | Hebamme |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈheːpˌʔamə] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #17,931 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Hebamme“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around Hebamme (IPA [ˈheːpˌʔamə]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #17,931 among 3,372 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Hebamme, with forms such as "ehbamme", "hbeamme", and "heabmme". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Hebammen", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Hebamme, spelled H-E-B-A-M-M-E.
Definition
- 1früher kundige, heutzutage an einer speziellen Lehranstalt ausgebildete und staatlich geprüfte Person, die während der Schwangerschaft, bei der Geburt, während des Wochenbetts und der Stillzeit die werdende beziehungsweise frischgebackene Mutter berät, betreut und ihr Hilfe leistet (meist eine Frau; seit 1994 in Österreich und seit 2020 in Deutschland führen auch männliche Berufsangehörige den Titel „Hebamme“)
- 2Gerät, mit dem Korken aus einer Flasche gezogen werden
- 3Gerät, mit dem sich Flaschen mit Kronenkorken-Verschluss öffnen lassen
- 4Assistent eines Regisseurs
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Hebamme appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Hebamme half der gebärenden Schwangeren bei der Niederkunft und der Entbindung.
„«Eine Aufgabe für Hebammen», erwiderte der Arzt mürrisch. «Dazu bin ich hergebeten worden?»“
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ehbamme
- hbeamme
- heabmme
- hebame
- hebamem
- hebbamme
- hebmame
- hhebamme
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Hebamme - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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
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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 (8 here; floor ≥5).