Fernseher
[ˈfɛʁnˌzeːɐ]
The verdict
“Fernseher” has 14 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #3,653. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #3,653
- frequency rank, German
- 3,474
- “F” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gerät zum Empfang und zur Wiedergabe von Fernsehsignalen; Gerät, mit dem ferngesehen wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-fernseher · Fernseher · German
Fernseher · rank #3,653 · 14 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #3,653
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,474
- PHOTO-FINISH fein
Nearest frequency peer: fein (-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 „Fernseher“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Eva
Eva
96,351 corpus weight
- Event
Event
96,350 corpus weight
- fein
fein
96,349 corpus weight
- Fernseher
Fernseher
96,348 corpus weight
- Fisch
Fisch
96,347 corpus weight
- fit
fit
96,346 corpus weight
What this shows „Fernseher“ 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 | Fernseher |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfɛʁnˌzeːɐ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #3,653 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Fernseher“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around Fernseher (IPA [ˈfɛʁnˌzeːɐ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,653 among 3,474 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for Fernseher, with forms such as "efrnseher", "fenrseher", and "fernesher". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Fernsehen", "Fernsehens", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 Fernseher, spelled F-E-R-N-S-E-H-E-R.
Definition
- 1Gerät zum Empfang und zur Wiedergabe von Fernsehsignalen; Gerät, mit dem ferngesehen wird
- 2Person, die Fernsehprogramme ansieht
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Fernseher appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mach mal endlich den Fernseher aus.
„Die Fernbedienung war kaputtgegangen, infolgedessen blieb der Fernseher schwarz.“
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- efrnseher
- fenrseher
- fernesher
- fernnseher
- fernseehr
- fernseherr
- fernsehher
- fernsehre
- fernsheer
- fernsseher
- ferrnseher
- fersneher
- ffernseher
- frenseher
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Fernseher - 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 "Fernseher", 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 (14 here; floor ≥5).