Fundgrube
[ˈfʊntˌɡʁuːbə]
The verdict
“Fundgrube” has 14 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #45,287. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #45,287
- frequency rank, German
- 3,474
- “F” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Stelle, wo ein Erzgang zuerst entblößt wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-fundgrube · Fundgrube · German
Fundgrube · rank #45,287 · 14 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #45,287
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,474
- PHOTO-FINISH funkt
Nearest frequency peer: funkt (+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 „Fundgrube“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Friedland
Friedland
54,718 corpus weight
- Friseurin
Friseurin
54,717 corpus weight
- fristlose
fristlose
54,716 corpus weight
- Fundgrube
Fundgrube
54,714 corpus weight
- funkt
funkt
54,713 corpus weight
- Förderprogr…
Förderprogramme
54,710 corpus weight
What this shows „Fundgrube“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Fundgrube |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfʊntˌɡʁuːbə] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #45,287 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Fundgrube“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around Fundgrube (IPA [ˈfʊntˌɡʁuːbə]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #45,287 among 3,474 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for Fundgrube, with forms such as "ffundgrube", "fnudgrube", and "fudngrube". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 Fundgrube, spelled F-U-N-D-G-R-U-B-E.
Definition
- 1Stelle, wo ein Erzgang zuerst entblößt wird
- 2etwas (eine Sammlung oder Ähnliches), das für Interessierte viel Neues, noch Überraschendes, Unentdecktes bietet
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Fundgrube appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die Größe des Grubenfeldes einer Fundgrube war in der jeweiligen Bergordnung geregelt und variierte zwischen den verschiedenen Revieren.“
„Der Band ist jedoch herrlich illustriert, die Grafiken sind erhellend und die zahlreichen farbigen Karten eine unglaubliche Fundgrube.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ffundgrube
- fnudgrube
- fudngrube
- funddgrube
- fundggrube
- fundgrbue
- fundgrrube
- fundgrubbe
- fundgrueb
- fundgurbe
- fundrgube
- fungdrube
- funndgrube
- ufndgrube
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Fundgrube - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "Fundgrube", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).