säubern

Name: säubern, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[ˈzɔɪ̯bɐn]

/[ˈzɔɪ̯bɐn]/ verb

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“säubern” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #22,528. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#22,528
frequency rank, German: 8,027
“S” headwords: 10
tracked misspellings: 18
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dreck und Verunreinigungen entfernen; sauber machen

Corpus desk

Index DE-saubern · säubern · German

säubern · rank #22,528 · 10 variants · 18 confusables

FREQ-MID #22,528
LEN-LONG 7 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-HIGH 18 pairs
VAR-MID 10 variants
BOOK-DENSE 8,027
PHOTO-FINISH sympathischen

Nearest frequency peer: sympathischen (-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.

Stücks

77,476
sympathisch…

77,474
säubern

77,473
Südseite

77,472
tai

77,471
Tansania

77,470

What this shows „säubern“ 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).

säubern vs sauer

57% similar

säubern vs Säulen

57% similar

säubern vs saufen

57% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for säubern
Property	Value
Headword	säubern
Language	German
Part of speech	Verb
IPA	[ˈzɔɪ̯bɐn]
Letters	7
Frequency rank	#22,528
Misspellings tracked	10
Confusable pairs	18
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „säubern“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.säubernliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#22,528

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „sympathischen“ (#22,527), „Südseite“ (#22,529), „tai“ (#22,530). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „säubern“ bei #22,528. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around säubern (IPA [ˈzɔɪ̯bɐn]), averb. Corpus frequency is #22,528 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Dreck und Verunreinigungen entfernen; sauber machen".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for säubern, with forms such as "ssäubern", "suäbern", and "säbuern". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 18 confusable-pair relationships, "sauer", "Säulen", "saufen", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is säubern, spelled S-Ä-U-B-E-R-N.

Definition

1
Dreck und Verunreinigungen entfernen; sauber machen

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how säubern appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

Bevor der Arzt die Wunde vernäht, säubert er sie.

Antonyms

beschmutzen verschmutzen

This word in other languages

clean(English)limpiar(Español)nettoyer(Français)limpar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

ssäubern
suäbern
säbuern
säubbern
säubenr
säubernn
säuberrn
säubren
säuebrn
äsubern

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of säubern - 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.

Edit distance from "säubern"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "säubern"?

"säubern" is spelled S-Ä-U-B-E-R-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈzɔɪ̯bɐn].

What does "säubern" mean?

As a verb, "säubern" means: Dreck und Verunreinigungen entfernen; sauber machen

What words are commonly confused with "säubern"?

"säubern" is commonly confused with "sauer", "Säulen", "saufen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "säubern"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "säubern" is [ˈzɔɪ̯bɐn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "säubern" come from?

"säubern" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.

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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "säubern", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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