Missbrauch
[ˈmɪsˌbʁaʊ̯x]
The verdict
“Missbrauch” has 15 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #5,396. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #5,396
- frequency rank, German
- 3,571
- “M” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - der Gebrauch von etwas für einen Zweck, für den es ursprünglich nicht genutzt werden sollte
Corpus desk
Index DE-missbrauch · Missbrauch · German
Missbrauch · rank #5,396 · 15 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #5,396
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,571
- PHOTO-FINISH militärischen
Nearest frequency peer: militärischen (-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 „Missbrauch“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Marine
Marine
94,608 corpus weight
- Mg
Mg
94,607 corpus weight
- militärisch…
militärischen
94,606 corpus weight
- Missbrauch
Missbrauch
94,605 corpus weight
- Mittagessen
Mittagessen
94,604 corpus weight
- Motive
Motive
94,603 corpus weight
What this shows „Missbrauch“ 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 | Missbrauch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmɪsˌbʁaʊ̯x] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #5,396 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Missbrauch“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around Missbrauch (IPA [ˈmɪsˌbʁaʊ̯x]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,396 among 3,571 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for Missbrauch, with forms such as "imssbrauch", "misbrauch", and "misbsrauch". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "missbraucht", "Missbrauchs", 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 Missbrauch, spelled M-I-S-S-B-R-A-U-C-H.
Definition
- 1der Gebrauch von etwas für einen Zweck, für den es ursprünglich nicht genutzt werden sollte
- 2eine häufig durch Gewalt herbeigeführte und verbotene sexuelle Handlung (sexueller Missbrauch)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Missbrauch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Im Dritten Reich kam es zu einem Missbrauch der Sprache – Bürger wurden mit ihrer Hilfe vom Nationalsozialismus überzeugt.
Ich bin in einen Verein eingetreten, der sich für härtere Gesetze gegen Missbrauch einsetzt.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- imssbrauch
- misbrauch
- misbsrauch
- missbaruch
- missbbrauch
- missbracuh
- missbraucch
- missbrauchh
- missbrauhc
- missbrrauch
- missbruach
- missrbauch
- mißbrauch
- mmissbrauch
- msisbrauch
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Missbrauch - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "Missbrauch", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).