Buch
\buːx\
The verdict
“Buch” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #44,916. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #44,916
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Livre, ensemble de pages reliées.
Corpus desk
Index FR-buch · Buch · French
Buch · rank #44,916 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #44,916
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH brûlants
Nearest frequency peer: brûlants (-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.
Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « Buch »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- Brault
Brault
55,088 corpus weight
- brumeux
brumeux
55,087 corpus weight
- brûlants
brûlants
55,086 corpus weight
- Buch
Buch
55,085 corpus weight
- bundle
bundle
55,084 corpus weight
- BX
BX
55,083 corpus weight
What this shows « Buch » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
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 | Buch |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \buːx\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #44,916 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Buch »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around Buch (IPA \buːx\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #44,916 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Buch, with forms such as "bbuch", "bcuh", and "bucch". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "but", "bus", "bug", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Buch, spelled B-U-C-H.
Definition
- 1Livre, ensemble de pages reliées.
- 2Livre de comptabilité
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Buch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er wollte dieses Buch nicht herausgeben.
Ein Buch, das ihr der jüngere geschenkt hatte, kam ungelesen zurück: L’homme machine von La Mettrie. Dieses Werk sei verboten, ein verabscheuungswürdiges Pamphlet. Sie bringe es nicht über sich, es auch nur aufzuschlagen. Das bedauere er, sagte der jüngere Bruder zum älteren. Es sei ein bemerkenswertes Buch. Der Autor behaupte ernstlich, der Mensch sei ei…
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbuch
- bcuh
- bucch
- buchh
- buhc
- ubch
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Buch - 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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Buch", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).