Formaldehyd
[ˈfɔʁmʔaldeˌhyːt]
The verdict
“Formaldehyd” has 18 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #45,274. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #45,274
- frequency rank, German
- 45,736
- “F” headwords
- 18
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - farbloses, stechend riechendes Gas
Corpus desk
Index DE-formaldehyd · Formaldehyd · German
Formaldehyd · rank #45,274 · 18 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #45,274
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 18 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 45,736
- PHOTO-FINISH Formensprache
Nearest frequency peer: Formensprache (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Formaldehyd”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Flugtickets
Flugtickets
54,731 corpus weight
- Flugzeit
Flugzeit
54,730 corpus weight
- Flussbett
Flussbett
54,729 corpus weight
- Formaldehyd
Formaldehyd
54,727 corpus weight
- Formensprac…
Formensprache
54,726 corpus weight
- forms
forms
54,725 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Formaldehyd” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Formaldehyd |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfɔʁmʔaldeˌhyːt] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #45,274 |
| Misspellings tracked | 18 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Formaldehyd” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 18 spelling variants around Formaldehyd (IPA [ˈfɔʁmʔaldeˌhyːt]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #45,274 among 45,736 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "farbloses, stechend riechendes Gas".
Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for Formaldehyd, with forms such as "fformaldehyd", "fomraldehyd", and "foramldehyd". 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. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Formaldehyd, spelled F-O-R-M-A-L-D-E-H-Y-D.
Definition
- 1farbloses, stechend riechendes Gas
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- fformaldehyd
- fomraldehyd
- foramldehyd
- formadlehyd
- formalddehyd
- formaldehdy
- formaldehhyd
- formaldehydd
- formaldehyyd
- formaldeyhd
- formaldheyd
- formaledhyd
- formalldehyd
- formladehyd
- formmaldehyd
- forrmaldehyd
- fromaldehyd
- ofrmaldehyd
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Formaldehyd - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Formaldehyd", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (18 here; floor ≥5).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.