Asperger
[ˈaspɛʁɡɐ]
The verdict
“Asperger” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #44,451. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #44,451
- frequency rank, German
- 113,935
- “A” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Kurzform für das Asperger-Syndrom, einer speziellen, eher milden Form des Autismus
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Asperger |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈaspɛʁɡɐ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #44,451 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Asperger” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around Asperger (IPA [ˈaspɛʁɡɐ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #44,451 among 113,935 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Kurzform für das Asperger-Syndrom, einer speziellen, eher milden Form des Autismus".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Asperger, with forms such as "apserger", "aseprger", and "aspegrer". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Asperger, spelled A-S-P-E-R-G-E-R.
Definition
- 1Kurzform für das Asperger-Syndrom, einer speziellen, eher milden Form des Autismus
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- apserger
- aseprger
- aspegrer
- asperegr
- aspergerr
- aspergger
- aspergre
- asperrger
- aspperger
- aspreger
- assperger
- saperger
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Asperger - 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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Using “Asperger”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is A-S-P-E-R-G-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈaspɛʁɡɐ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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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.