Friseur
[fʁiˈzøːɐ̯]
The verdict
“Friseur” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #10,658. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,658
- frequency rank, German
- 3,474
- “F” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fachmann für die Pflege des Kopfhaares und der Gestaltung der Frisur, ein Handwerksberuf des Haarschneiders
Corpus desk
Index DE-friseur · Friseur · German
Friseur · rank #10,658 · 10 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,658
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,474
- PHOTO-FINISH frisches
Nearest frequency peer: frisches (-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 „Friseur“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- flexibel
flexibel
89,346 corpus weight
- Franzose
Franzose
89,345 corpus weight
- frisches
frisches
89,344 corpus weight
- Friseur
Friseur
89,343 corpus weight
- Fähre
Fähre
89,342 corpus weight
- gebildeten
gebildeten
89,341 corpus weight
What this shows „Friseur“ 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 | Friseur |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [fʁiˈzøːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #10,658 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Friseur“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around Friseur (IPA [fʁiˈzøːɐ̯]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,658 among 3,474 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Friseur, with forms such as "ffriseur", "firseur", and "friesur". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "Frisur", "Frisör", "Friseure", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 Friseur, spelled F-R-I-S-E-U-R.
Definition
- 1Fachmann für die Pflege des Kopfhaares und der Gestaltung der Frisur, ein Handwerksberuf des Haarschneiders
- 2Kurzform des Ortes, wo [1] seinen Beruf ausübt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Friseur appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Gehst du auch immer zum selben Friseur?
„Der Friseur nickte, wickelte einen Draht um die Autobatterie zu seinen Füßen, und die Schermaschine begann aufgeregt zu schnattern.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ffriseur
- firseur
- friesur
- friseru
- friseurr
- frisseur
- frisuer
- frriseur
- frsieur
- rfiseur
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Friseur - 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 "Friseur", 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).