empfindlich
[ɛmˈp͡fɪntlɪç]
The verdict
“empfindlich” has 18 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #10,640. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,640
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
- 18
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - körperlich leicht auf äußere Einflüsse reagierend
Corpus desk
Index DE-empfindlich · empfindlich · German
empfindlich · rank #10,640 · 18 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,640
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 18 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH elegant
Nearest frequency peer: elegant (-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 „empfindlich“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- durchweg
durchweg
89,364 corpus weight
- einmalig
einmalig
89,363 corpus weight
- elegant
elegant
89,362 corpus weight
- empfindlich
empfindlich
89,361 corpus weight
- Endspiel
Endspiel
89,360 corpus weight
- Ente
Ente
89,359 corpus weight
What this shows „empfindlich“ 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 | empfindlich |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ɛmˈp͡fɪntlɪç] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #10,640 |
| Misspellings tracked | 18 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „empfindlich“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 18 spelling variants around empfindlich (IPA [ɛmˈp͡fɪntlɪç]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #10,640 among 4,632 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for empfindlich, with forms such as "emfpindlich", "emmpfindlich", and "empffindlich". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "empfindliche", "empfindlichen", "empfindlicher", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is empfindlich, spelled E-M-P-F-I-N-D-L-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1körperlich leicht auf äußere Einflüsse reagierend
- 2leicht, schnell beleidigt
- 3genau, präzise reagierend
- 4sehr fühlbar, spürbar
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how empfindlich appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er ist gegen hohe Temperaturen sehr empfindlich.
„Als Blonde reagiere ich sehr empfindlich auf die Sonne. Ich muß mich immer gut mit Sonnencreme einschmieren.“
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- emfpindlich
- emmpfindlich
- empffindlich
- empfidnlich
- empfinddlich
- empfindilch
- empfindlcih
- empfindlicch
- empfindlichh
- empfindlihc
- empfindllich
- empfinldich
- empfinndlich
- empfnidlich
- empifndlich
- emppfindlich
- epmfindlich
- mepfindlich
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of empfindlich - 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 "empfindlich", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (18 here; floor ≥5).