sauber
[ˈzaʊ̯bɐ]
The verdict
“sauber” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #2,854. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #2,854
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - nicht verschmutzt, frei von Unrat
Corpus desk
Index DE-sauber · sauber · German
sauber · rank #2,854 · 8 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #2,854
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Regionen
Nearest frequency peer: Regionen (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “sauber”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Papa
Papa
97,150 corpus weight
- Plätze
Plätze
97,149 corpus weight
- Regionen
Regionen
97,148 corpus weight
- sauber
sauber
97,147 corpus weight
- sichern
sichern
97,145 corpus weight
- solle
solle
97,144 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “sauber” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | sauber |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈzaʊ̯bɐ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #2,854 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sauber” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around sauber (IPA [ˈzaʊ̯bɐ]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #2,854 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for sauber, with forms such as "asuber", "sabuer", and "saubber". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "super", "sauer", "Sauce", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
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 sauber, spelled S-A-U-B-E-R.
Definition
- 1nicht verschmutzt, frei von Unrat
- 2reinlich, keinen Schmutz produzierend
- 3Herr über die eigene Notdurft
- 4den formalen, inhaltlichen Anforderungen gemäß
- 5moralisch einwandfrei
- 6gut gemacht!
- 7nett anzusehen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sauber appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das Hemd ist sauber.
Das Wasser ist sauber.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- asuber
- sabuer
- saubber
- sauberr
- saubre
- sauebr
- ssauber
- suaber
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sauber - 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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "sauber", 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 (8 here; floor ≥5).
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.