Applaus
[aˈplaʊ̯s]
The verdict
“Applaus” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #7,148. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,148
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Beifallsbekundung, insbesondere durch Klatschen mit den Händen
Corpus desk
Index DE-applaus · Applaus · German
Applaus · rank #7,148 · 8 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-COMMON #7,148
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH Antrieb
Nearest frequency peer: Antrieb (-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 „Applaus“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- analysiert
analysiert
92,856 corpus weight
- anonym
anonym
92,855 corpus weight
- Antrieb
Antrieb
92,854 corpus weight
- Applaus
Applaus
92,853 corpus weight
- Aufträge
Aufträge
92,852 corpus weight
- ausführen
ausführen
92,851 corpus weight
What this shows „Applaus“ 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 | Applaus |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [aˈplaʊ̯s] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #7,148 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Applaus“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around Applaus (IPA [aˈplaʊ̯s]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,148 among 6,976 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Beifallsbekundung, insbesondere durch Klatschen mit den Händen".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Applaus, with forms such as "aplaus", "aplpaus", and "appalus". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "apples", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Applaus, spelled A-P-P-L-A-U-S.
Definition
- 1Beifallsbekundung, insbesondere durch Klatschen mit den Händen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Applaus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Als der Violinvirtuose sich mehrmals verneigte, wurde er mit Applaus überschüttet.
„Also beschlossen wir, uns ebenfalls nicht lumpen zu lassen, gaben am Abend alles, was wir hatten, und bekamen am Ende unverhofft starken Applaus.“
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aplaus
- aplpaus
- appalus
- applasu
- applauss
- appllaus
- appluas
- paplaus
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Applaus - 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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Applaus", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).