Dackel
[ˈdakl̩]
The verdict
“Dackel” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #34,580. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #34,580
- frequency rank, German
- 2,764
- “D” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 15
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - kleiner Hund, der traditionell zur Jagd eingesetzt wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-dackel · Dackel · German
Dackel · rank #34,580 · 9 variants · 15 confusables
- FREQ-MID #34,580
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,764
- PHOTO-FINISH couleur
Nearest frequency peer: couleur (-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 „Dackel“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- clash
clash
65,424 corpus weight
- competition
competition
65,423 corpus weight
- couleur
couleur
65,422 corpus weight
- Dackel
Dackel
65,421 corpus weight
- debattieren
debattieren
65,420 corpus weight
- dekorativen
dekorativen
65,419 corpus weight
What this shows „Dackel“ 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 | Dackel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈdakl̩] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #34,580 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 15 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Dackel“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around Dackel (IPA [ˈdakl̩]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #34,580 among 2,764 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Dackel, with forms such as "adckel", "dacckel", and "dacekl". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 15 confusable-pair relationships, "danke", "dicke", "Decke", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Dackel, spelled D-A-C-K-E-L.
Definition
- 1kleiner Hund, der traditionell zur Jagd eingesetzt wird
- 2ein dummer, blöder Kerl
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Dackel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dackel sind beliebte Jagdhunde, weil sie wegen ihrer kurzen Beine gut in Fuchs- und Dachsbaue kriechen können.
„Ich wollte auch einen Dackel haben, aber Mama sagte, vier Kinder seien ihr genug, da brauche sie nicht auch noch einen Köter im Haus.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- adckel
- dacckel
- dacekl
- dackell
- dackkel
- dackle
- dakcel
- dcakel
- ddackel
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Dackel - 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.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Dackel", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).