fliesen
[ˈfliːzn̩]
The verdict
“fliesen” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #20,920. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #20,920
- frequency rank, German
- 3,474
- “F” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 17
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fliesen verlegen
Corpus desk
Index DE-fliesen · fliesen · German
fliesen · rank #20,920 · 10 variants · 17 confusables
- FREQ-MID #20,920
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,474
- PHOTO-FINISH flag
Nearest frequency peer: flag (-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 „fliesen“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- festigen
festigen
79,084 corpus weight
- Festplatten
Festplatten
79,083 corpus weight
- flag
flag
79,082 corpus weight
- fliesen
fliesen
79,081 corpus weight
- Folien
Folien
79,080 corpus weight
- Formationen
Formationen
79,079 corpus weight
What this shows „fliesen“ 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 | fliesen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈfliːzn̩] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #20,920 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 17 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „fliesen“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around fliesen (IPA [ˈfliːzn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #20,920 among 3,474 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Fliesen verlegen".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for fliesen, with forms such as "ffliesen", "filesen", and "fleisen". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 17 confusable-pair relationships, "Friese", "Frieden", "flirten", 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is fliesen, spelled F-L-I-E-S-E-N.
Definition
- 1Fliesen verlegen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how fliesen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wir haben gerade unseren Flur neu gefliest.
„Während Ost-Deutschland, zwanzig Jahre nach der Wende, geschmackvoll gefliest und picobello asphaltiert ist und die Zinsen stabil bei 1,5 Prozent liegen, gibt es in Polen noch Basisarbeit zu leisten: Bahnhöfe zu bauen, Flüsse auszubaggern und Fertighausfirmen zu gründen.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ffliesen
- filesen
- fleisen
- flieesn
- fliesenn
- fliesne
- fliessen
- fliseen
- flliesen
- lfiesen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fliesen - 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 "fliesen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).