depressive

[depʁɛˈsiːvə]

/[depʁɛˈsiːvə]/ adj

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The verdict

“depressive” has 14 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #22,299. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#22,299
frequency rank, German
2,764
“D” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs depressiv

Corpus desk

Index DE-depressive · depressive · German

depressive · rank #22,299 · 14 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #22,299
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,764
  • PHOTO-FINISH Delikte

Nearest frequency peer: Delikte (-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 „depressive“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „depressive“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

depressive vs depressiven
91% similar
depressive vs depressiv
90% similar
depressive vs Depression
70% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for depressive
PropertyValue
Headworddepressive
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[depʁɛˈsiːvə]
Letters10
Frequency rank#22,299
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „depressive“

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).depressiveliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Delikte“ (#22,298), „detaillierten“ (#22,300), „Dampfer“ (#22,297). Unter 2,764 „D“-Lemmata liegt „depressive“ bei #22,299. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around depressive (IPA [depʁɛˈsiːvə]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #22,299 among 2,764 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for depressive, with forms such as "ddepressive", "deperssive", and "deppressive". 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, "depressiven", "depressiv", "Depression", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 depressive, spelled D-E-P-R-E-S-S-I-V-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs depressiv
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs depressiv
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs depressiv
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs depressiv
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs depressiv
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs depressiv
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs depressiv
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs depressiv
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs depressiv

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddepressive
  • deperssive
  • deppressive
  • depresisve
  • depresive
  • depressiev
  • depressivve
  • depressvie
  • depreßive
  • deprressive
  • deprsesive
  • derpessive
  • dperessive
  • edpressive

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of depressive - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ddepressive1deperssive2deppressive1depresisve2depresive1depressiev2depressivve1depressvie2
Edit distance from "depressive"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "depressive"?
"depressive" is spelled D-E-P-R-E-S-S-I-V-E. The IPA pronunciation is [depʁɛˈsiːvə].
What does "depressive" mean?
As an adjective, "depressive" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs depressiv
What words are commonly confused with "depressive"?
"depressive" is commonly confused with "depressiven", "depressiv", "Depression". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "depressive"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "depressive" is [depʁɛˈsiːvə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "depressive" come from?
"depressive" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "depressive", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

carsharing#22,292Ehepartner#22,309eigenartig#22,310Enthüllung#22,320

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

Distanzen14 variantsBösewicht14 variantsBewerbern14 variantsBesitzern14 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list