Celsius
[ˈt͡sɛlzi̯ʊs]
The verdict
“Celsius” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #10,627. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,627
- frequency rank, German
- 1,273
- “C” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bezeichner für die konkret verwendete Temperatur-Skala nach Celsius (Celsius-Skala); für sich allein keine Temperatureinheit; zur Temperatureinheit wird es erst in der Gestalt der richtigen Wortkom...
Corpus desk
Index DE-celsius · Celsius · German
Celsius · rank #10,627 · 10 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,627
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,273
- PHOTO-FINISH bisweilen
Nearest frequency peer: bisweilen (-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 „Celsius“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- bezahlte
bezahlte
89,377 corpus weight
- BH
BH
89,376 corpus weight
- bisweilen
bisweilen
89,375 corpus weight
- Celsius
Celsius
89,374 corpus weight
- Chefredakte…
Chefredakteur
89,373 corpus weight
- Controller
Controller
89,372 corpus weight
What this shows „Celsius“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Celsius |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈt͡sɛlzi̯ʊs] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #10,627 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Celsius“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around Celsius (IPA [ˈt͡sɛlzi̯ʊs]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,627 among 1,273 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Bezeichner für die konkret verwendete Temperatur-Skala nach Celsius (Celsius-Skala); für sich allein keine Temperatureinheit; zur Temperatureinheit wird es erst in der Gestalt der richtigen Wortkom...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Celsius, with forms such as "ccelsius", "celisus", and "cellsius". 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. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 Celsius, spelled C-E-L-S-I-U-S.
Definition
- 1Bezeichner für die konkret verwendete Temperatur-Skala nach Celsius (Celsius-Skala); für sich allein keine Temperatureinheit; zur Temperatureinheit wird es erst in der Gestalt der richtigen Wortkombinationen Grad Celsius oder Celsiusgrade; die Temperatureinheit ist das Grad (°)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Celsius appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Man muss den Temperaturwert erst umrechnen, von Celsius in Fahrenheit.
„Es friert, außerordentliche 18 Grad Celsius, und es schneit.“
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccelsius
- celisus
- cellsius
- celsisu
- celsiuss
- celssius
- celsuis
- ceslius
- clesius
- eclsius
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Celsius - 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 "Celsius", 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).