Handballer
[ˈhantˌbalɐ]
The verdict
“Handballer” has 14 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #37,555. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #37,555
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sportler, der das Handballspiel ausübt
Corpus desk
Index DE-handballer · Handballer · German
Handballer · rank #37,555 · 14 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #37,555
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH Hanauer
Nearest frequency peer: Hanauer (-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 „Handballer“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Halbfinal
Halbfinal
62,448 corpus weight
- Hanauer
Hanauer
62,447 corpus weight
- Handballer
Handballer
62,446 corpus weight
- Handbremse
Handbremse
62,445 corpus weight
- Handelspart…
Handelspartner
62,444 corpus weight
- handschrift…
handschriftlich
62,443 corpus weight
What this shows „Handballer“ 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 | Handballer |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhantˌbalɐ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #37,555 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Handballer“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around Handballer (IPA [ˈhantˌbalɐ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #37,555 among 3,372 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Sportler, der das Handballspiel ausübt".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for Handballer, with forms such as "ahndballer", "hadnballer", and "hanbdaller". 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, "Handball", 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Handballer, spelled H-A-N-D-B-A-L-L-E-R.
Definition
- 1Sportler, der das Handballspiel ausübt
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Handballer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die deutschen Handballer haben auf dem Weg zur WM 2015 mit zwei Siegen gegen Ungarn eine große Portion Selbstvertrauen getankt.“
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ahndballer
- hadnballer
- hanbdaller
- handabller
- handbalelr
- handbaler
- handballerr
- handballre
- handbballer
- handblaler
- handdballer
- hanndballer
- hhandballer
- hnadballer
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Handballer - 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 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).