Fürsorge
[ˈfyːɐ̯ˌzɔʁɡə]
The verdict
“Fürsorge” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #17,903. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #17,903
- frequency rank, German
- 3,474
- “F” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Einsatz/Bemühung zugunsten Hilfsbedürftiger
Corpus desk
Index DE-fursorge · Fürsorge · German
Fürsorge · rank #17,903 · 12 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #17,903
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,474
- PHOTO-FINISH Frösche
Nearest frequency peer: Frösche (-2 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 „Fürsorge“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Fristen
Fristen
82,102 corpus weight
- Fränkische
Fränkische
82,101 corpus weight
- Frösche
Frösche
82,100 corpus weight
- Fürsorge
Fürsorge
82,098 corpus weight
- geehrter
geehrter
82,096 corpus weight
- gegliedert
gegliedert
82,095 corpus weight
What this shows „Fürsorge“ 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 | Fürsorge |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfyːɐ̯ˌzɔʁɡə] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #17,903 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Fürsorge“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around Fürsorge (IPA [ˈfyːɐ̯ˌzɔʁɡə]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #17,903 among 3,474 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Fürsorge, with forms such as "ffürsorge", "früsorge", and "fürosrge". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Furore", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented 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 Fürsorge, spelled F-Ü-R-S-O-R-G-E.
Definition
- 1Einsatz/Bemühung zugunsten Hilfsbedürftiger
- 2öffentliche Einrichtung zur Betreuung von Hilfsbedürftigen
- 3finanzielle Unterstützung für Bedürftige durch das Sozialamt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Fürsorge appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Der Begriff Fürsorge wurde in den 60er Jahren durch die Begriffe Sozialarbeit/Sozialpädagogik und Soziale Arbeit abgelöst.“
„Seine Ehrlichkeit und seine Fürsorge für die Gefangenen waren beispielhaft.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ffürsorge
- früsorge
- fürosrge
- fürrsorge
- fürsogre
- fürsoreg
- fürsorgge
- fürsorrge
- fürsroge
- fürssorge
- füsrorge
- üfrsorge
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Fürsorge - 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.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Fürsorge", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).