Farbstoff
[ˈfaʁpˌʃtɔf]
The verdict
“Farbstoff” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #38,733. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #38,733
- frequency rank, German
- 3,474
- “F” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - chemische Verbindung, die benutzt wird, um andere Materialien zu färben
Corpus desk
Index DE-farbstoff · Farbstoff · German
Farbstoff · rank #38,733 · 13 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #38,733
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,474
- PHOTO-FINISH Falschparker
Nearest frequency peer: Falschparker (-2 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 „Farbstoff“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Faible
Faible
61,272 corpus weight
- faktischen
faktischen
61,271 corpus weight
- Falschparker
Falschparker
61,270 corpus weight
- Farbstoff
Farbstoff
61,268 corpus weight
- feminin
feminin
61,266 corpus weight
- Filialleiter
Filialleiter
61,264 corpus weight
What this shows „Farbstoff“ 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 | Farbstoff |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfaʁpˌʃtɔf] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #38,733 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Farbstoff“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around Farbstoff (IPA [ˈfaʁpˌʃtɔf]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #38,733 among 3,474 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "chemische Verbindung, die benutzt wird, um andere Materialien zu färben".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Farbstoff, with forms such as "afrbstoff", "fabrstoff", and "farbbstoff". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Farbstoffe", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Farbstoff, spelled F-A-R-B-S-T-O-F-F.
Definition
- 1chemische Verbindung, die benutzt wird, um andere Materialien zu färben
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Farbstoff appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Heute wurden die meisten natürlichen Farbstoffe durch künstliche Chemikalien ersetzt.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- afrbstoff
- fabrstoff
- farbbstoff
- farbsotff
- farbsstoff
- farbstfof
- farbstof
- farbsttoff
- farbtsoff
- farrbstoff
- farsbtoff
- ffarbstoff
- frabstoff
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Farbstoff - 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 "Farbstoff", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).