Disk
[dɪsk]
The verdict
“Disk” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #31,997. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #31,997
- frequency rank, German
- 2,764
- “D” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Speichermedium in Form einer flachen Scheibe
Corpus desk
Index DE-disk · Disk · German
Disk · rank #31,997 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #31,997
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,764
- PHOTO-FINISH diem
Nearest frequency peer: diem (-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 „Disk“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- denkbaren
denkbaren
68,008 corpus weight
- deprimiert
deprimiert
68,007 corpus weight
- devils
devils
68,006 corpus weight
- diem
diem
68,005 corpus weight
- Disk
Disk
68,004 corpus weight
- Domizil
Domizil
68,001 corpus weight
What this shows „Disk“ 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 | Disk |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [dɪsk] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #31,997 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Disk“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around Disk (IPA [dɪsk]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #31,997 among 2,764 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Speichermedium in Form einer flachen Scheibe".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Disk, with forms such as "ddisk", "diks", and "diskk". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Ds", "DSL", "DNS", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Disk, spelled D-I-S-K.
Definition
- 1Speichermedium in Form einer flachen Scheibe
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddisk
- diks
- diskk
- dissk
- dsik
- idsk
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Disk - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "Disk", 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).