depressiv
[depʁɛˈsiːf]
The verdict
“depressiv” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #16,675. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #16,675
- frequency rank, German
- 2,764
- “D” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Niedergeschlagenheit verspürend; freudlos, verzweifelt
Corpus desk
Index DE-depressiv · depressiv · German
depressiv · rank #16,675 · 13 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #16,675
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,764
- PHOTO-FINISH Denkmäler
Nearest frequency peer: Denkmäler (-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 „depressiv“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- dana
dana
83,329 corpus weight
- darauffolge…
darauffolgenden
83,328 corpus weight
- Denkmäler
Denkmäler
83,327 corpus weight
- depressiv
depressiv
83,326 corpus weight
- Designs
Designs
83,325 corpus weight
- deutete
deutete
83,324 corpus weight
What this shows „depressiv“ 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 | depressiv |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [depʁɛˈsiːf] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #16,675 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „depressiv“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around depressiv (IPA [depʁɛˈsiːf]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #16,675 among 2,764 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for depressiv, with forms such as "ddepressiv", "deperssiv", and "deppressiv". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "depressive", "depressiven", "Depression", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 depressiv, spelled D-E-P-R-E-S-S-I-V.
Definition
- 1Niedergeschlagenheit verspürend; freudlos, verzweifelt
- 2an der psychischen Krankheit Depression leidend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how depressiv appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Ach, er hat nur wieder seine depressive Phase, das legt sich schon wieder.“
„Mit jedem Tag, den meine depressive Phase andauerte, wurde ich wütender.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddepressiv
- deperssiv
- deppressiv
- depresisv
- depresiv
- depressivv
- depressvi
- depreßiv
- deprressiv
- deprsesiv
- derpessiv
- dperessiv
- edpressiv
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of depressiv - 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 "depressiv", 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 (13 here; floor ≥5).