arbeitslos
[ˈaʁbaɪ̯t͡sloːs]
The verdict
“arbeitslos” has 15 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #9,321. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,321
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ohne Erwerbseinkommen, ohne Arbeit, keine Arbeit habend
Corpus desk
Index DE-arbeitslos · arbeitslos · German
arbeitslos · rank #9,321 · 15 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #9,321
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH Appetit
Nearest frequency peer: Appetit (-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 „arbeitslos“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Anhängern
Anhängern
90,683 corpus weight
- Anweisung
Anweisung
90,682 corpus weight
- Appetit
Appetit
90,681 corpus weight
- arbeitslos
arbeitslos
90,680 corpus weight
- aufbewahrt
aufbewahrt
90,679 corpus weight
- aufgepasst
aufgepasst
90,678 corpus weight
What this shows „arbeitslos“ 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 | arbeitslos |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈaʁbaɪ̯t͡sloːs] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #9,321 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „arbeitslos“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around arbeitslos (IPA [ˈaʁbaɪ̯t͡sloːs]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #9,321 among 6,976 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "ohne Erwerbseinkommen, ohne Arbeit, keine Arbeit habend".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for arbeitslos, with forms such as "abreitslos", "arbbeitslos", and "arbeistlos". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Arbeitslose", "Arbeitslosen", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists 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 arbeitslos, spelled A-R-B-E-I-T-S-L-O-S.
Definition
- 1ohne Erwerbseinkommen, ohne Arbeit, keine Arbeit habend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how arbeitslos appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Viele Leute sind in den letzten Jahren arbeitslos geworden.
„Die Anzahl der arbeitslosen Jugendlichen in Europa ist schlicht nicht akzeptabel!“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- abreitslos
- arbbeitslos
- arbeistlos
- arbeitlsos
- arbeitsllos
- arbeitsloss
- arbeitslso
- arbeitsols
- arbeitsslos
- arbeittslos
- arbetislos
- arbietslos
- arebitslos
- arrbeitslos
- rabeitslos
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of arbeitslos - 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.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "arbeitslos", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).