Silbe
[ˈzɪlbə]
The verdict
“Silbe” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #24,510. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #24,510
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Einheit der gesprochenen Sprache, die aus mindestens einem Vokal oder Sonant besteht und die entweder Teil eines Wortes ist oder selbst ein Wort bildet.
Corpus desk
Index DE-silbe · Silbe · German
Silbe · rank #24,510 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #24,510
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Sicherheitslü…
Nearest frequency peer: Sicherheitslücken (-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 „Silbe“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Seifert
Seifert
75,494 corpus weight
- Selbstdarst…
Selbstdarstellung
75,493 corpus weight
- Sicherheits…
Sicherheitslücken
75,492 corpus weight
- Silbe
Silbe
75,491 corpus weight
- Sommersemes…
Sommersemester
75,489 corpus weight
- Sparer
Sparer
75,488 corpus weight
What this shows „Silbe“ 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 | Silbe |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈzɪlbə] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #24,510 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Silbe“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around Silbe (IPA [ˈzɪlbə]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #24,510 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Einheit der gesprochenen Sprache, die aus mindestens einem Vokal oder Sonant besteht und die entweder Teil eines Wortes ist oder selbst ein Wort bildet.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Silbe, with forms such as "islbe", "sible", and "silbbe". 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, "site", "size", "sole", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Silbe, spelled S-I-L-B-E.
Definition
- 1Einheit der gesprochenen Sprache, die aus mindestens einem Vokal oder Sonant besteht und die entweder Teil eines Wortes ist oder selbst ein Wort bildet.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Silbe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Silben bestehen mindestens aus einem Vokal oder Sonant und können zusätzlich auch Konsonanten enthalten.
Silben sind rein phonetische Einheiten und tragen als solche keine Bedeutung; man darf Silben daher nicht mit Morphemen verwechseln.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- islbe
- sible
- silbbe
- sileb
- sillbe
- slibe
- ssilbe
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Silbe - 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 "Silbe", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).