Floskel
[ˈflɔskl̩]
The verdict
“Floskel” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #47,395. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #47,395
- frequency rank, German
- 3,474
- “F” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - formelhafte Redewendung oder nichts sagende (inhaltsarme) Worte
Corpus desk
Index DE-floskel · Floskel · German
Floskel · rank #47,395 · 11 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #47,395
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,474
- PHOTO-FINISH Flittchen
Nearest frequency peer: Flittchen (-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 „Floskel“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- flame
flame
52,609 corpus weight
- flattert
flattert
52,608 corpus weight
- Flittchen
Flittchen
52,607 corpus weight
- Floskel
Floskel
52,606 corpus weight
- Flugstunden
Flugstunden
52,605 corpus weight
- Forensik
Forensik
52,604 corpus weight
What this shows „Floskel“ 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 | Floskel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈflɔskl̩] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #47,395 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Floskel“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around Floskel (IPA [ˈflɔskl̩]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #47,395 among 3,474 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "formelhafte Redewendung oder nichts sagende (inhaltsarme) Worte".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Floskel, with forms such as "ffloskel", "flloskel", and "floksel". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Floskeln", "Flocken", 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 its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Floskel, spelled F-L-O-S-K-E-L.
Definition
- 1formelhafte Redewendung oder nichts sagende (inhaltsarme) Worte
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Floskel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er sprach die meiste Zeit in Floskeln.
„Vielen von uns kennen das aus […] dem Alltag. Man fragt: »Wie geht's Dir eigentlich?« Und man antwortet mit 'ner Floskel wie: »Danke, gut.« Obwohl das sehr selten wirklich so gemeint ist.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ffloskel
- flloskel
- floksel
- flosekl
- floskell
- floskkel
- floskle
- flosskel
- flsokel
- folskel
- lfoskel
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Floskel - 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 "Floskel", 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 (11 here; floor ≥5).