files
[faɪlz]
The verdict
“files” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #31,544. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #31,544
- frequency rank, German
- 3,474
- “F” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Plural des Substantivs file
Corpus desk
Index DE-files · files · German
files · rank #31,544 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #31,544
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,474
- PHOTO-FINISH finstere
Nearest frequency peer: finstere (+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 „files“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- festliche
festliche
68,460 corpus weight
- Festungen
Festungen
68,459 corpus weight
- files
files
68,457 corpus weight
- finstere
finstere
68,456 corpus weight
- Fischers
Fischers
68,455 corpus weight
- Flicken
Flicken
68,454 corpus weight
What this shows „files“ 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 | files |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [faɪlz] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #31,544 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „files“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around files (IPA [faɪlz]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #31,544 among 3,474 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Plural des Substantivs file".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for files, with forms such as "ffiles", "fiels", and "filess". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "fis", "Film", "fire", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is files, spelled F-I-L-E-S.
Definition
- 1Plural des Substantivs file
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ffiles
- fiels
- filess
- filles
- filse
- flies
- ifles
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of files - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "files", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).