automobile

[aʊ̯tomoˈbiːlə]

/[aʊ̯tomoˈbiːlə]/ adj

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The verdict

“automobile” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #25,903. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#25,903
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs automobil

Corpus desk

Index DE-automobile · automobile · German

automobile · rank #25,903 · 13 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #25,903
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH Ausweise

Nearest frequency peer: Ausweise (-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 „automobile“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „automobile“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

automobile vs Automotive
70% similar
automobile vs Automobil
80% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for automobile
PropertyValue
Headwordautomobile
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[aʊ̯tomoˈbiːlə]
Letters10
Frequency rank#25,903
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „automobile“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).automobileliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Ausweise“ (#25,902), „awesome“ (#25,904), „aussortiert“ (#25,901). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „automobile“ bei #25,903. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around automobile (IPA [aʊ̯tomoˈbiːlə]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #25,903 among 6,976 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for automobile, with forms such as "atuomobile", "auotmobile", and "autmoobile". 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, "Automotive", "Automobil", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is automobile, spelled A-U-T-O-M-O-B-I-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs automobil
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs automobil
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs automobil
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs automobil
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs automobil
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs automobil
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs automobil
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs automobil
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs automobil

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • atuomobile
  • auotmobile
  • autmoobile
  • automboile
  • autommobile
  • automobbile
  • automobiel
  • automobille
  • automoblie
  • automoible
  • autoombile
  • auttomobile
  • uatomobile

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of automobile - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

atuomobile2auotmobile2autmoobile2automboile2autommobile1automobbile1automobiel2automobille1
Edit distance from "automobile"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "automobile"?
"automobile" is spelled A-U-T-O-M-O-B-I-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is [aʊ̯tomoˈbiːlə].
What does "automobile" mean?
As an adjective, "automobile" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs automobil
What words are commonly confused with "automobile"?
"automobile" is commonly confused with "Automotive", "Automobil". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "automobile"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "automobile" is [aʊ̯tomoˈbiːlə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "automobile" come from?
"automobile" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "automobile", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

bedürftige#25,911belasteten#25,914bereiteten#25,917bewegliche#25,923

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

anwesende13 variantsbestürzt13 variantsAmtsblatt13 variantsBurgdorf13 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list