Explosiv
[ɛksploˈziːf]
The verdict
“Explosiv” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #45,257. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #45,257
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Laut, der durch das explosive Ausströmen des Phonationsstromes, der zuvor gestoppt wurde, entsteht
Corpus desk
Index DE-explosiv · Explosiv · German
Explosiv · rank #45,257 · 12 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #45,257
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH Etats
Nearest frequency peer: Etats (-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 „Explosiv“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Eskapaden
Eskapaden
54,747 corpus weight
- Essex
Essex
54,746 corpus weight
- Etats
Etats
54,745 corpus weight
- Explosiv
Explosiv
54,744 corpus weight
- Fachbereich…
Fachbereichen
54,743 corpus weight
- Fagott
Fagott
54,742 corpus weight
What this shows „Explosiv“ 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 | Explosiv |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɛksploˈziːf] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #45,257 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Explosiv“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around Explosiv (IPA [ɛksploˈziːf]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #45,257 among 4,632 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Laut, der durch das explosive Ausströmen des Phonationsstromes, der zuvor gestoppt wurde, entsteht".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Explosiv, with forms such as "epxlosiv", "exlposiv", and "expllosiv". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Explosive", "exklusiv", "Explosion", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 Explosiv, spelled E-X-P-L-O-S-I-V.
Definition
- 1Laut, der durch das explosive Ausströmen des Phonationsstromes, der zuvor gestoppt wurde, entsteht
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Explosiv appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Im Deutschen sind stimmlose Explosive vor Vokalen immer aspiriert.
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- epxlosiv
- exlposiv
- expllosiv
- exploisv
- explosivv
- explossiv
- explosvi
- explsoiv
- expolsiv
- expplosiv
- exxplosiv
- xeplosiv
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Explosiv - 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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).