Grundlage
[ˈɡʁʊntˌlaːɡə]
The verdict
“Grundlage” has 14 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #1,697. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,697
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas (bereits Vorhandenes), auf das man etwas aufbauen oder von dem aus man etwas weiterentwickeln kann. Wesentlicher Bestandteil (einer Idee, Lehre, Theorie)
Corpus desk
Index DE-grundlage · Grundlage · German
Grundlage · rank #1,697 · 14 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,697
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH geplant
Nearest frequency peer: geplant (-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 „Grundlage“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- europäische
europäische
98,308 corpus weight
- Forschung
Forschung
98,307 corpus weight
- geplant
geplant
98,305 corpus weight
- Grundlage
Grundlage
98,304 corpus weight
- Herrn
Herrn
98,302 corpus weight
- jung
jung
98,301 corpus weight
What this shows „Grundlage“ 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 | Grundlage |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɡʁʊntˌlaːɡə] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #1,697 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Grundlage“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around Grundlage (IPA [ˈɡʁʊntˌlaːɡə]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,697 among 5,117 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for Grundlage, with forms such as "ggrundlage", "grnudlage", and "grrundlage". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Grundzüge", "Grundlagen", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Grundlage, spelled G-R-U-N-D-L-A-G-E.
Definition
- 1etwas (bereits Vorhandenes), auf das man etwas aufbauen oder von dem aus man etwas weiterentwickeln kann. Wesentlicher Bestandteil (einer Idee, Lehre, Theorie)
- 2Ausgangssubstanz eines synthetischen Stoffes
- 3kräftige, fetthaltige Mahlzeit
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Grundlage appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Sein Verdienst ist es, dass der Prozess von Nürnberg zur Grundlage des modernen Völkerrechts wird.“
Die Geologie bildet die Grundlage der Wissenschaften von der Erde.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ggrundlage
- grnudlage
- grrundlage
- grudnlage
- grundalge
- grunddlage
- grundlaeg
- grundlagge
- grundlgae
- grundllage
- grunldage
- grunndlage
- gurndlage
- rgundlage
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Grundlage - 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
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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).