disc
[dɪsk]
The verdict
“disc” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #25,955. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #25,955
- frequency rank, German
- 2,764
- “D” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - flaches rundes Ding
Corpus desk
Index DE-disc · disc · German
disc · rank #25,955 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #25,955
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,764
- PHOTO-FINISH Dienststellen
Nearest frequency peer: Dienststellen (-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 „disc“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- delegierte
delegierte
74,049 corpus weight
- demografisc…
demografische
74,048 corpus weight
- Dienststell…
Dienststellen
74,047 corpus weight
- disc
disc
74,046 corpus weight
- discovery
discovery
74,045 corpus weight
- diskrete
diskrete
74,044 corpus weight
What this shows „disc“ 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 | disc |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [dɪsk] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #25,955 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „disc“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around disc (IPA [dɪsk]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #25,955 among 2,764 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for disc, with forms such as "ddisc", "dics", and "discc". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Ds", "DOC", "DSL", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is disc, spelled D-I-S-C.
Definition
- 1flaches rundes Ding
- 2flaches rundes Ding mit aufgezeichneter Musik
- 3flaches Ding zwischen Knochen im Rücken
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddisc
- dics
- discc
- dissc
- dsic
- idsc
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of disc - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 "disc", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).