Asterix
[ˈasteʁɪks]
The verdict
“Asterix” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #23,015. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #23,015
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Figur aus der Comicserie Asterix und Obelix von René Goscinny und Albert Uderzo.
Corpus desk
Index DE-asterix · Asterix · German
Asterix · rank #23,015 · 10 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #23,015
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH Ashley
Nearest frequency peer: Ashley (-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 „Asterix“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Arbeitslose…
Arbeitslosenquote
76,989 corpus weight
- archäologis…
archäologische
76,988 corpus weight
- Ashley
Ashley
76,987 corpus weight
- Asterix
Asterix
76,986 corpus weight
- atome
atome
76,985 corpus weight
- aufdecken
aufdecken
76,984 corpus weight
What this shows „Asterix“ 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 | Asterix |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈasteʁɪks] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #23,015 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Asterix“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around Asterix (IPA [ˈasteʁɪks]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #23,015 among 6,976 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Figur aus der Comicserie Asterix und Obelix von René Goscinny und Albert Uderzo.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Asterix, with forms such as "asetrix", "assterix", and "asteirx". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "Astrid", "Astoria", "Asteroid", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Asterix, spelled A-S-T-E-R-I-X.
Definition
- 1Figur aus der Comicserie Asterix und Obelix von René Goscinny und Albert Uderzo.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Asterix appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Asterix isst am liebsten Wildschwein zusammen mit seinem Freund Obelix.
„Was ein Hinkelstein ist, das weiß noch jeder, der in seiner Jugend (oder auch später) „Asterix und Obelix“ gelesen hat.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- asetrix
- assterix
- asteirx
- asterixx
- asterrix
- asterxi
- astreix
- astterix
- atserix
- saterix
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Asterix - 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 "Asterix", 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 (10 here; floor ≥5).