extrem
[ɛksˈtʁeːm]
The verdict
“extrem” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #1,511. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,511
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - in irgend einem Maße nicht zu übertreffen; am weitesten von der Mitte oder dem Durchschnitt entfernt
Corpus desk
Index DE-extrem · extrem · German
extrem · rank #1,511 · 9 variants · 6 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,511
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH erstes
Nearest frequency peer: erstes (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “extrem”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- entdeckt
entdeckt
98,493 corpus weight
- erinnern
erinnern
98,492 corpus weight
- erstes
erstes
98,491 corpus weight
- extrem
extrem
98,490 corpus weight
- Flughafen
Flughafen
98,489 corpus weight
- freut
freut
98,488 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “extrem” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | extrem |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ɛksˈtʁeːm] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #1,511 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “extrem” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around extrem (IPA [ɛksˈtʁeːm]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #1,511 among 4,632 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for extrem, with forms such as "etxrem", "exrtem", and "exterm". 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, "extremen", "extremer", "extremes", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is extrem, spelled E-X-T-R-E-M.
Definition
- 1in irgend einem Maße nicht zu übertreffen; am weitesten von der Mitte oder dem Durchschnitt entfernt
- 2außerordentlich, besonders; übermäßig
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how extrem appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die zwei extremen Werte der Messung lassen wir wegfallen, es sind anscheinend Ausreißer.
„In manchen Teilen der Biosphäre wimmelt es von Leben, weil dort die Lebensbedingungen beinahe ideal sind. Andere Teile sind nur spärlich besiedelt, weil extreme Kälte oder Hitze das Überleben schwierig macht.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- etxrem
- exrtem
- exterm
- extremm
- extrme
- extrrem
- exttrem
- exxtrem
- xetrem
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of extrem - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 "extrem", 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 (9 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- "extrem" maps to 6 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "extremen". View pair
- 9 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #1,511 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "E" letter cohort. E–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.