Glasfaser
[ˈɡlaːsˌfaːzɐ]
The verdict
“Glasfaser” has 14 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #21,629. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #21,629
- frequency rank, German
- 54,401
- “G” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - lange, dünne Faser, hergestellt aus Glas
Corpus desk
Index DE-glasfaser · Glasfaser · German
Glasfaser · rank #21,629 · 14 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #21,629
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 54,401
- PHOTO-FINISH geöffneten
Nearest frequency peer: geöffneten (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Glasfaser”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- getreu
getreu
78,375 corpus weight
- Gewähr
Gewähr
78,374 corpus weight
- geöffneten
geöffneten
78,373 corpus weight
- Glasfaser
Glasfaser
78,372 corpus weight
- gleichgeset…
gleichgesetzt
78,371 corpus weight
- Glühwein
Glühwein
78,370 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Glasfaser” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Glasfaser |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɡlaːsˌfaːzɐ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #21,629 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Glasfaser” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around Glasfaser (IPA [ˈɡlaːsˌfaːzɐ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #21,629 among 54,401 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "lange, dünne Faser, hergestellt aus Glas".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for Glasfaser, with forms such as "galsfaser", "gglasfaser", and "glafsaser". 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, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Glasfaser, spelled G-L-A-S-F-A-S-E-R.
Definition
- 1lange, dünne Faser, hergestellt aus Glas
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- galsfaser
- gglasfaser
- glafsaser
- glasafser
- glasfaesr
- glasfaserr
- glasfasre
- glasfasser
- glasffaser
- glasfsaer
- glassfaser
- gllasfaser
- glsafaser
- lgasfaser
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Glasfaser - 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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Glasfaser", 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).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.