faktisch
[ˈfaktɪʃ]
The verdict
“faktisch” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #9,715. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,715
- frequency rank, German
- 3,474
- “F” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - im Hinblick auf die Fakten, in der Art und Weise der Fakten, in Wirklichkeit
Corpus desk
Index DE-faktisch · faktisch · German
faktisch · rank #9,715 · 13 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #9,715
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,474
- PHOTO-FINISH faire
Nearest frequency peer: faire (-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 „faktisch“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- erforscht
erforscht
90,290 corpus weight
- erzogen
erzogen
90,288 corpus weight
- faire
faire
90,287 corpus weight
- faktisch
faktisch
90,286 corpus weight
- festlegen
festlegen
90,284 corpus weight
- feuchte
feuchte
90,283 corpus weight
What this shows „faktisch“ 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 | faktisch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈfaktɪʃ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #9,715 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „faktisch“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around faktisch (IPA [ˈfaktɪʃ]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #9,715 among 3,474 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for faktisch, with forms such as "afktisch", "fakitsch", and "fakktisch". 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, "Fetisch", "faktische", "faktischen", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is faktisch, spelled F-A-K-T-I-S-C-H.
Definition
- 1im Hinblick auf die Fakten, in der Art und Weise der Fakten, in Wirklichkeit
- 2tatsächlich, wahrheitsgemäß, wirklich
- 3eigentlich
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how faktisch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Es könnte auch eine faktische Sperrminorität vorliegen.
„So gesehen, ist er ein faktischer Fels in der postfaktischen Brandung.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- afktisch
- fakitsch
- fakktisch
- fakticsh
- faktiscch
- faktischh
- faktishc
- faktissch
- faktsich
- fakttisch
- fatkisch
- ffaktisch
- fkatisch
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of faktisch - 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 "faktisch", not the corpus desk frequency band.
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 (13 here; floor ≥5).