mailbox
[ˈmeɪlbɒks]
The verdict
“mailbox” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #37,070. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #37,070
- frequency rank, German
- 3,571
- “M” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - US-amerikanisch: öffentlicher oder privater Kasten zum Senden oder Empfangen von Post
Corpus desk
Index DE-mailbox · mailbox · German
mailbox · rank #37,070 · 10 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #37,070
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,571
- PHOTO-FINISH mancherorts
Nearest frequency peer: mancherorts (+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 „mailbox“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- lächerlicher
lächerlicher
62,936 corpus weight
- mageren
mageren
62,934 corpus weight
- mahlen
mahlen
62,933 corpus weight
- mailbox
mailbox
62,931 corpus weight
- mancherorts
mancherorts
62,930 corpus weight
- marguerite
marguerite
62,929 corpus weight
What this shows „mailbox“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mailbox |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmeɪlbɒks] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #37,070 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „mailbox“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around mailbox (IPA [ˈmeɪlbɒks]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #37,070 among 3,571 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for mailbox, with forms such as "amilbox", "maiblox", and "mailbbox". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is mailbox, spelled M-A-I-L-B-O-X.
Definition
- 1US-amerikanisch: öffentlicher oder privater Kasten zum Senden oder Empfangen von Post
- 2Datei oder Teil des Speichers eines Computers zum Speichern empfangener E-Mails
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- amilbox
- maiblox
- mailbbox
- mailboxx
- mailbxo
- maillbox
- mailobx
- malibox
- mialbox
- mmailbox
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mailbox - 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 "mailbox", 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).