sobald
[zoˈbalt]
The verdict
“sobald” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #1,209. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,209
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - in dem Moment, wenn
Corpus desk
Index DE-sobald · sobald · German
sobald · rank #1,209 · 9 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-COMMON #1,209
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Regeln
Nearest frequency peer: Regeln (-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 “sobald”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- mehreren
mehreren
98,795 corpus weight
- Meister
Meister
98,794 corpus weight
- Regeln
Regeln
98,793 corpus weight
- sobald
sobald
98,792 corpus weight
- solange
solange
98,791 corpus weight
- Sonne
Sonne
98,790 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “sobald” 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 | sobald |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Conjunction |
| IPA | [zoˈbalt] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #1,209 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sobald” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around sobald (IPA [zoˈbalt]), aconjunction. Corpus frequency is #1,209 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "in dem Moment, wenn".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for sobald, with forms such as "osbald", "sboald", and "soabld". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Sold", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is sobald, spelled S-O-B-A-L-D.
Definition
- 1in dem Moment, wenn
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sobald appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich werde mich melden, sobald ich kann.
„Am liebsten würde Hans Krenn ja jede Wachauer Marille einzeln auffangen, sobald sie reif vom Baum fällt. Denn die Marille, so sagt der begnadete Schnapsbrenner aus dem südlichen Waldviertel, ‚ist eine wahre Diva‘.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- osbald
- sboald
- soabld
- sobadl
- sobaldd
- soballd
- sobbald
- soblad
- ssobald
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sobald - 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 3, 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 "sobald", 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 (9 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- This headword has one recorded confusable pair with "Sold". View pair
- 9 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #1,209 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "S" letter cohort. S–Z browse
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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.