wobei
[voˈbaɪ̯]
The verdict
“wobei” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #644. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #644
- frequency rank, German
- 2,930
- “W” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - leitet einen Satz/Nebensatz ein, der den Inhalt des vorhergehenden Satzes etwas näher erläutert
Corpus desk
Index DE-wobei · wobei · German
wobei · rank #644 · 6 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #644
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,930
- PHOTO-FINISH willst
Nearest frequency peer: willst (-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 “wobei”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Seiten
Seiten
99,360 corpus weight
- w
w
99,359 corpus weight
- willst
willst
99,358 corpus weight
- wobei
wobei
99,357 corpus weight
- zweite
zweite
99,356 corpus weight
- Jungen
Jungen
99,354 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “wobei” 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 | wobei |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | [voˈbaɪ̯] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #644 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “wobei” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around wobei (IPA [voˈbaɪ̯]), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #644 among 2,930 “W” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for wobei, with forms such as "owbei", "wboei", and "wobbei". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "woher", "women", "wogen", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is wobei, spelled W-O-B-E-I.
Definition
- 1leitet einen Satz/Nebensatz ein, der den Inhalt des vorhergehenden Satzes etwas näher erläutert
- 2aber
- 3bei welcher Sache
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how wobei appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
… Wobei ich sagen muss, dass es auch Ausnahmen gibt.
Wobei, wenn ich es mir recht überlege, finde ich die Idee doch nicht so gut.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- owbei
- wboei
- wobbei
- wobie
- woebi
- wwobei
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of wobei - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 "wobei", 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 (6 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "wobei". Here's where to go from here.
- "wobei" maps to 5 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "woher". View pair
- 6 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #644 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "W" letter cohort. W–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.