Editorial
[editoˈʁi̯aːl]
The verdict
“Editorial” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #43,121. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #43,121
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - der Leitartikel des Herausgebers oder des Chefredakteurs
Corpus desk
Index DE-editorial · Editorial · German
Editorial · rank #43,121 · 12 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #43,121
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH editiert
Nearest frequency peer: editiert (-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 „Editorial“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Ede
Ede
56,883 corpus weight
- Edelmetalle
Edelmetalle
56,882 corpus weight
- editiert
editiert
56,881 corpus weight
- Editorial
Editorial
56,880 corpus weight
- egoistischen
egoistischen
56,878 corpus weight
- eingemischt
eingemischt
56,877 corpus weight
What this shows „Editorial“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Editorial |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [editoˈʁi̯aːl] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #43,121 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Editorial“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around Editorial (IPA [editoˈʁi̯aːl]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #43,121 among 4,632 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Editorial, with forms such as "deitorial", "edditorial", and "ediotrial". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 Editorial, spelled E-D-I-T-O-R-I-A-L.
Definition
- 1der Leitartikel des Herausgebers oder des Chefredakteurs
- 2das Vorwort des Herausgebers
- 3kann auch das Impressum einer Redaktion oder eines Verlages enthalten
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Editorial appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"In angelsächsischen, besonders amerikanischen Medien gibt das Editorial meist dezidiert die Meinung der oder des Herausgeber(s) und/oder der Chefredaktion wieder, was bei einem europäischen Leitartikel in der Regel auch der Fall ist – allerdings gibt es einige bemerkenswerte Unterschiede. So werden dort in Editorials seit jeher auch Wahlempfehlungen abge…
Im Editorial der Erstausgabe veröffentlicht der Herausgeber einen Brief in eigener Sache.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- deitorial
- edditorial
- ediotrial
- editoiral
- editorail
- editoriall
- editorila
- editorrial
- editroial
- edittorial
- edtiorial
- eidtorial
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Editorial - 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 "Editorial", 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 (12 here; floor ≥5).