chronisch
[ˈkʁoːnɪʃ]
The verdict
“chronisch” has 15 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #14,534. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #14,534
- frequency rank, German
- 1,273
- “C” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - langsam entstehend und lange dauernd
Corpus desk
Index DE-chronisch · chronisch · German
chronisch · rank #14,534 · 15 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-MID #14,534
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,273
- PHOTO-FINISH Bushaltestelle
Nearest frequency peer: Bushaltestelle (-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 „chronisch“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Buben
Buben
85,470 corpus weight
- Buddha
Buddha
85,469 corpus weight
- Bushalteste…
Bushaltestelle
85,468 corpus weight
- chronisch
chronisch
85,467 corpus weight
- CNN
CNN
85,466 corpus weight
- court
court
85,465 corpus weight
What this shows „chronisch“ 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 | chronisch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈkʁoːnɪʃ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #14,534 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „chronisch“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around chronisch (IPA [ˈkʁoːnɪʃ]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #14,534 among 1,273 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for chronisch, with forms such as "cchronisch", "chhronisch", and "chornisch". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "Chronist", "chronische", "chronischen", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is chronisch, spelled C-H-R-O-N-I-S-C-H.
Definition
- 1langsam entstehend und lange dauernd
- 2ständig oder immer wieder vorkommend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how chronisch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Patient leidet unter chronischer Epilepsie.
Vielen behinderten und chronisch kranken Studenten sieht man die Beeinträchtigung nicht an.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cchronisch
- chhronisch
- chornisch
- chrnoisch
- chroinsch
- chronicsh
- chroniscch
- chronischh
- chronishc
- chronissch
- chronnisch
- chronsich
- chrronisch
- crhonisch
- hcronisch
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of chronisch - 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 "chronisch", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).