FSV
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The verdict
“FSV” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #12,077) as an abbreviation. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #12,077
- frequency rank, German
- 3,474
- “F” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fußballsportverein
Corpus desk
Index DE-fsv · FSV · German
FSV · rank #12,077 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #12,077
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-0 0 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,474
- PHOTO-FINISH freute
Nearest frequency peer: freute (-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.
Häufigkeitsnachbarn des Verwechslers „FSV“
Peers mit ähnlichem Corpus-Gewicht, getrennt von den Verwechslungspaaren unten
- Freilassung
Freilassung
87,927 corpus weight
- Freundschaf…
Freundschaften
87,926 corpus weight
- freute
freute
87,925 corpus weight
- FSV
FSV
87,924 corpus weight
- Gasse
Gasse
87,922 corpus weight
- gates
gates
87,921 corpus weight
What this shows Balken platzieren „FSV“ gegen die nächsten gerankten deutschen Lemmata, kein Reprint der Verwechslungsdesk.
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 | FSV |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Abbreviation |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #12,077 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Corpus-Rang neben Verwechslern von „FSV“
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for FSV is neighbouring look-alikes ("FW", "FV", …), not just typos; it is anabbreviation pronounced […]. Frequency #12,077 among 3,474 “F” headwords. Gloss: "Fußballsportverein".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for FSV, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "FW", "FV", "für", and more, 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 pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is FSV, spelled F-S-V.
Definition
- 1Fußballsportverein
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how FSV appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Nach erfolgreichem Abschluss des Insolvenzverfahrens 2010 spielte der FSV Zwickau weiter in der fünften Liga und stand 2012 bereits Wochen vor Saisonschluss als Aufsteiger in die Regionalliga Nordost fest.“
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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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).