Fleckchen
[ˈflɛkçən]
The verdict
“Fleckchen” has 15 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #37,519. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #37,519
- frequency rank, German
- 3,474
- “F” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - kleiner Ort/Platz
Corpus desk
Index DE-fleckchen · Fleckchen · German
Fleckchen · rank #37,519 · 15 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #37,519
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,474
- PHOTO-FINISH finales
Nearest frequency peer: finales (-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 „Fleckchen“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Fidschi
Fidschi
62,484 corpus weight
- finales
finales
62,483 corpus weight
- Fleckchen
Fleckchen
62,482 corpus weight
- Forschungsg…
Forschungsgemeinschaft
62,481 corpus weight
- freilassen
freilassen
62,480 corpus weight
- Freistellung
Freistellung
62,479 corpus weight
What this shows „Fleckchen“ 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 | Fleckchen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈflɛkçən] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #37,519 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Fleckchen“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around Fleckchen (IPA [ˈflɛkçən]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #37,519 among 3,474 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for Fleckchen, with forms such as "felckchen", "ffleckchen", and "flcekchen". 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, "Flecken", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Fleckchen, spelled F-L-E-C-K-C-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1kleiner Ort/Platz
- 2geringfügige/kleine Verschmutzung
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Fleckchen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die Bewohner dieses abgeschiedenen Fleckchens dürften vielleicht, mit einigen Ausnahmen, weniger reizend, im ganzen genommen jedoch kaum minder interessant gewesen sein.“
„Seit der Eurokrise kann sich dieses Land nicht länger vormachen, ein kleines, hilfloses Fleckchen am Rande des Weltgeschehens zu sein, von dem niemand etwas erwartet und das nicht in der Lage ist, international etwas zu bewegen.“
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- felckchen
- ffleckchen
- flcekchen
- flecckchen
- flecckhen
- fleckcchen
- fleckcehn
- fleckchenn
- fleckchhen
- fleckchne
- fleckhcen
- fleckkchen
- flekcchen
- flleckchen
- lfeckchen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Fleckchen - 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 "Fleckchen", 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 (15 here; floor ≥5).