Ibuprofen
[ˌiːbupʁoˈfeːn]
The verdict
“Ibuprofen” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #41,911. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #41,911
- frequency rank, German
- 17,725
- “I” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Arzneistoff aus der Gruppe der nichtsteroidalen Antirheumatika, der zur Behandlung von Schmerzen, Entzündungen und Fieber eingesetzt wird
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ibuprofen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˌiːbupʁoˈfeːn] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #41,911 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Ibuprofen” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around Ibuprofen (IPA [ˌiːbupʁoˈfeːn]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #41,911 among 17,725 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Arzneistoff aus der Gruppe der nichtsteroidalen Antirheumatika, der zur Behandlung von Schmerzen, Entzündungen und Fieber eingesetzt wird".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Ibuprofen, with forms such as "biuprofen", "ibbuprofen", and "ibpurofen". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Ibuprofen, spelled I-B-U-P-R-O-F-E-N.
Definition
- 1Arzneistoff aus der Gruppe der nichtsteroidalen Antirheumatika, der zur Behandlung von Schmerzen, Entzündungen und Fieber eingesetzt wird
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: biuprofen,ibbuprofen,ibpurofen,ibuporfen,ibupprofen,ibuprfoen,ibuproefn,ibuprofenn,ibuproffen,ibuprofne,ibuprrofen,iburpofen,iubprofen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Ibuprofen - 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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Using “Ibuprofen”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is I-B-U-P-R-O-F-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˌiːbupʁoˈfeːn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.