Currywurst
[ˈkœʁiˌvʊʁst]
The verdict
“Currywurst” has 15 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #20,883. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #20,883
- frequency rank, German
- 20,081
- “C” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Wurstspezialität, bestehend aus einer in Stücke geschnittenen gebratenen Brühwurst mit Pelle (Hülle) und einer Spezialsauce aus Tomatenmark und Curry-Pulver sowie anderen Gewürzen
Corpus desk
Index DE-currywurst · Currywurst · German
Currywurst · rank #20,883 · 15 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #20,883
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 20,081
- PHOTO-FINISH Crowdfunding
Nearest frequency peer: Crowdfunding (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Currywurst”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- close
close
79,121 corpus weight
- Cluster
Cluster
79,120 corpus weight
- Crowdfunding
Crowdfunding
79,119 corpus weight
- Currywurst
Currywurst
79,118 corpus weight
- Daniels
Daniels
79,117 corpus weight
- derartig
derartig
79,115 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Currywurst” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Currywurst |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkœʁiˌvʊʁst] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #20,883 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Currywurst” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around Currywurst (IPA [ˈkœʁiˌvʊʁst]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #20,883 among 20,081 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Wurstspezialität, bestehend aus einer in Stücke geschnittenen gebratenen Brühwurst mit Pelle (Hülle) und einer Spezialsauce aus Tomatenmark und Curry-Pulver sowie anderen Gewürzen".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for Currywurst, with forms such as "ccurrywurst", "crurywurst", and "currwyurst". 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. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Currywurst, spelled C-U-R-R-Y-W-U-R-S-T.
Definition
- 1Wurstspezialität, bestehend aus einer in Stücke geschnittenen gebratenen Brühwurst mit Pelle (Hülle) und einer Spezialsauce aus Tomatenmark und Curry-Pulver sowie anderen Gewürzen
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccurrywurst
- crurywurst
- currwyurst
- curryuwrst
- currywrust
- currywurrst
- currywursst
- currywurstt
- currywurts
- currywusrt
- currywwurst
- curryywurst
- curyrwurst
- curywurst
- ucrrywurst
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Currywurst - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Currywurst", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).
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.