fish

[ˈfɪʃ]

/[ˈfɪʃ]/ noun

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The verdict

“fish” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #18,543. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#18,543
frequency rank, German
3,474
“F” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fisch

Corpus desk

Index DE-fish · fish · German

fish · rank #18,543 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #18,543
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,474
  • PHOTO-FINISH Fertigkeiten

Nearest frequency peer: Fertigkeiten (-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 „fish“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „fish“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

fish vs FS
0% similar
fish vs fit
50% similar
fish vs fix
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for fish
PropertyValue
Headwordfish
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈfɪʃ]
Letters4
Frequency rank#18,543
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „fish“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).fishliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Fertigkeiten“ (#18,542), „Ferienwohnungen“ (#18,541), „formell“ (#18,545). Unter 3,474 „F“-Lemmata liegt „fish“ bei #18,543. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around fish (IPA [ˈfɪʃ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #18,543 among 3,474 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Fisch".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for fish, with forms such as "ffish", "fihs", and "fishh". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "FS", "fit", "fix", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 fish, spelled F-I-S-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    Fisch

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how fish appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. The trout is a freshwater fish.

This word in other languages

pez(Español)poisson(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ffish
  • fihs
  • fishh
  • fissh
  • fsih
  • ifsh

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fish - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ffish1fihs2fishh1fissh1fsih2ifsh2
Edit distance from "fish"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "fish"?
"fish" is spelled F-I-S-H. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfɪʃ].
What does "fish" mean?
As a noun, "fish" means: Fisch
What words are commonly confused with "fish"?
"fish" is commonly confused with "FS", "fit", "fix". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "fish"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fish" is [ˈfɪʃ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fish" come from?
"fish" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "fish", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

even#18,532drop#18,515hour#18,576burn#18,504

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

fasse6 variantsebola6 variantsbird6 variantsbing6 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list