ekelig
[ˈeːkəlɪç]
The verdict
“ekelig” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #40,498. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #40,498
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ekel erregend; widerlich
Corpus desk
Index DE-ekelig · ekelig · German
ekelig · rank #40,498 · 8 variants · 6 confusables
- FREQ-MID #40,498
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH Eisberg
Nearest frequency peer: Eisberg (-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 „ekelig“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Einzelhande…
Einzelhandels
59,506 corpus weight
- einzigartig…
einzigartiger
59,505 corpus weight
- Eisberg
Eisberg
59,504 corpus weight
- ekelig
ekelig
59,503 corpus weight
- Eleven
Eleven
59,502 corpus weight
- Endgeräte
Endgeräte
59,501 corpus weight
What this shows „ekelig“ 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 | ekelig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈeːkəlɪç] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #40,498 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „ekelig“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around ekelig (IPA [ˈeːkəlɪç]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #40,498 among 4,632 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Ekel erregend; widerlich".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for ekelig, with forms such as "eeklig", "ekeilg", and "ekelgi". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "eklig", "eklige", "Enkelin", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is ekelig, spelled E-K-E-L-I-G.
Definition
- 1Ekel erregend; widerlich
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- eeklig
- ekeilg
- ekelgi
- ekeligg
- ekellig
- ekkelig
- ekleig
- keelig
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ekelig - 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 "ekelig", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).