demselben
[deːmˈzɛlbn̩]
The verdict
“demselben” has 14 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #7,893. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,893
- frequency rank, German
- 2,764
- “D” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dativ Singular Maskulinum des Demonstrativpronomens derselbe
Corpus desk
Index DE-demselben · demselben · German
demselben · rank #7,893 · 14 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #7,893
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,764
- PHOTO-FINISH DC
Nearest frequency peer: DC (-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 „demselben“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- comedy
comedy
92,111 corpus weight
- dachten
dachten
92,110 corpus weight
- DC
DC
92,109 corpus weight
- demselben
demselben
92,108 corpus weight
- derzeitigen
derzeitigen
92,107 corpus weight
- deutlichen
deutlichen
92,106 corpus weight
What this shows „demselben“ 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 | demselben |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Unknown |
| IPA | [deːmˈzɛlbn̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #7,893 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „demselben“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around demselben (IPA [deːmˈzɛlbn̩]), anunknown. Corpus frequency is #7,893 among 2,764 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for demselben, with forms such as "ddemselben", "demeslben", and "demmselben". 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, "derselbe", "derselben", "dieselben", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 demselben, spelled D-E-M-S-E-L-B-E-N.
Definition
- 1Dativ Singular Maskulinum des Demonstrativpronomens derselbe
- 2Dativ Singular Neutrum des Demonstrativpronomens derselbe
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddemselben
- demeslben
- demmselben
- demseblen
- demselbben
- demselbenn
- demselbne
- demselebn
- demsellben
- demsleben
- demsselben
- desmelben
- dmeselben
- edmselben
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of demselben - 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 "demselben", 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 (14 here; floor ≥5).