formal
[fɔʁˈmaːl]
The verdict
“formal” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #9,903. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,903
- frequency rank, German
- 3,474
- “F” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 19
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - der Form (nicht dem Inhalt) nach
Corpus desk
Index DE-formal · formal · German
formal · rank #9,903 · 9 variants · 19 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #9,903
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 19 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,474
- PHOTO-FINISH Freundeskreis
Nearest frequency peer: Freundeskreis (+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 „formal“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Feature
Feature
90,101 corpus weight
- Festes
Festes
90,100 corpus weight
- formal
formal
90,098 corpus weight
- Freundeskre…
Freundeskreis
90,097 corpus weight
- friedlichen
friedlichen
90,096 corpus weight
- Frust
Frust
90,095 corpus weight
What this shows „formal“ 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 | formal |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [fɔʁˈmaːl] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #9,903 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 19 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „formal“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around formal (IPA [fɔʁˈmaːl]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #9,903 among 3,474 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for formal, with forms such as "fformal", "fomral", and "foraml". 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 19 confusable-pair relationships, "formt", "forza", "forms", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is formal, spelled F-O-R-M-A-L.
Definition
- 1der Form (nicht dem Inhalt) nach
- 2nur der Form nach, nicht wirklich in der Realität
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how formal appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bis auf ein paar rein formale Fehler ist die Arbeit tadellos.
Formal gehöre ich erst zum Verein, wenn ich „formell“ aufgenommen wurde.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- fformal
- fomral
- foraml
- formall
- formla
- formmal
- forrmal
- fromal
- ofrmal
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of formal - 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 "formal", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).