Tabus
[taˈbuːs]
The verdict
“Tabus” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #29,359. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #29,359
- frequency rank, German
- 2,684
- “T” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 19
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Tabu
Corpus desk
Index DE-tabus · Tabus · German
Tabus · rank #29,359 · 7 variants · 19 confusables
- FREQ-MID #29,359
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 19 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,684
- PHOTO-FINISH südlicher
Nearest frequency peer: südlicher (-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 “Tabus”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- syn
syn
70,645 corpus weight
- Säbel
Säbel
70,644 corpus weight
- südlicher
südlicher
70,643 corpus weight
- Tabus
Tabus
70,642 corpus weight
- teilnahm
teilnahm
70,641 corpus weight
- Terminologie
Terminologie
70,640 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Tabus” 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 | Tabus |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [taˈbuːs] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #29,359 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 19 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Tabus” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around Tabus (IPA [taˈbuːs]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #29,359 among 2,684 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Tabus, with forms such as "atbus", "tabbus", and "tabsu". 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 19 confusable-pair relationships, "TuS", "Tau", "tags", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Tabus, spelled T-A-B-U-S.
Definition
- 1Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Tabu
- 2Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Tabu
- 3Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Tabu
- 4Dativ Plural des Substantivs Tabu
- 5Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Tabu
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- atbus
- tabbus
- tabsu
- tabuss
- taubs
- tbaus
- ttabus
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Tabus - 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.
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 "Tabus", 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).
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.