wirbeln
[ˈvɪʁbl̩n]
The verdict
“wirbeln” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #38,526. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #38,526
- frequency rank, German
- 2,930
- “W” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - wild und ungeordnet durcheinanderströmen
Corpus desk
Index DE-wirbeln · wirbeln · German
wirbeln · rank #38,526 · 11 variants · 9 confusables
- FREQ-MID #38,526
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,930
- PHOTO-FINISH Windgeschwind…
Nearest frequency peer: Windgeschwindigkeit (-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 „wirbeln“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- wiederentde…
wiederentdeckt
61,478 corpus weight
- Windgeschwi…
Windgeschwindigkeit
61,476 corpus weight
- wirbeln
wirbeln
61,475 corpus weight
- wirkst
wirkst
61,474 corpus weight
- Wirtschafts…
Wirtschaftslage
61,473 corpus weight
- wittern
wittern
61,472 corpus weight
What this shows „wirbeln“ 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 | wirbeln |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈvɪʁbl̩n] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #38,526 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „wirbeln“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around wirbeln (IPA [ˈvɪʁbl̩n]), averb. Corpus frequency is #38,526 among 2,930 “W” headwords. Dominant gloss: "wild und ungeordnet durcheinanderströmen".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for wirbeln, with forms such as "iwrbeln", "wibreln", and "wirbbeln". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "wirken", "wirren", "Wurzeln", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is wirbeln, spelled W-I-R-B-E-L-N.
Definition
- 1wild und ungeordnet durcheinanderströmen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how wirbeln appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Als er das Fenster öffnete, wirbelte ein Windstoß sämtliche Blätter auf seinem Schreibtisch wild durcheinander.
Flöten hör' ich und Geigen,//Kräftiges Baßgebrumm;//Lustiges Volk im Reigen//Tanzt um die Linde herum,//Wirbelt wie Laub im Winde,//Jubelt und lacht und tollt. —//Bliebe so gern bei der Linde,//Aber der Wagen rollt.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- iwrbeln
- wibreln
- wirbbeln
- wirbelln
- wirbelnn
- wirbenl
- wirblen
- wirebln
- wirrbeln
- wribeln
- wwirbeln
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of wirbeln - 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
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