fossiler

Name: fossiler, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[fɔˈsiːlɐ]

/[fɔˈsiːlɐ]/ adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“fossiler” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #39,348. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#39,348
frequency rank, German: 3,474
“F” headwords: 11
tracked misspellings: 4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs fossil

Corpus desk

Index DE-fossiler · fossiler · German

fossiler · rank #39,348 · 11 variants · 4 confusables

FREQ-MID #39,348
LEN-LONG 8 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
VAR-MID 11 variants
BOOK-MID 3,474
PHOTO-FINISH formierte

Nearest frequency peer: formierte (-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.

flächendeck…

60,656
Flöhe

60,655
formierte

60,654
fossiler

60,653
Fregatte

60,652
Freistaates

60,651

What this shows „fossiler“ 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).

fossiler vs Fossilien

67% similar

fossiler vs fossil

75% similar

fossiler vs fossile

88% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for fossiler
Property	Value
Headword	fossiler
Language	German
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	[fɔˈsiːlɐ]
Letters	8
Frequency rank	#39,348
Misspellings tracked	11
Confusable pairs	4
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „fossiler“

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).fossilerliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#39,348

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „formierte“ (#39,347), „Fregatte“ (#39,349), „Flöhe“ (#39,346). Unter 3,474 „F“-Lemmata liegt „fossiler“ bei #39,348. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around fossiler (IPA [fɔˈsiːlɐ]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #39,348 among 3,474 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for fossiler, with forms such as "ffossiler", "fosiler", and "fosisler". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "Fossilien", "fossil", "fossile", and more, 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is fossiler, spelled F-O-S-S-I-L-E-R.

Definition

1
Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs fossil
2
Genitiv Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs fossil
3
Dativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs fossil
4
Genitiv Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs fossil
5
Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs fossil

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

ffossiler
fosiler
fosisler
fossielr
fossilerr
fossiller
fossilre
fosslier
foßiler
fsosiler
ofssiler

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fossiler - 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.

Edit distance from "fossiler"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "fossiler"?

"fossiler" is spelled F-O-S-S-I-L-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [fɔˈsiːlɐ].

What does "fossiler" mean?

As an adjective, "fossiler" means: Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs fossil

What words are commonly confused with "fossiler"?

"fossiler" is commonly confused with "Fossilien", "fossil", "fossile". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "fossiler"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fossiler" is [fɔˈsiːlɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "fossiler" come from?

"fossiler" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.

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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "fossiler", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Fregatte#39,349 freudige#39,351 Fluglärm#39,344 Friseure#39,354

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

Esslöffel11 variants gebrüllt11 variants geweihte11 variants gewiesen11 variants