Horrorfilm
[ˈhɔʁoːɐ̯ˌfɪlm]
The verdict
“Horrorfilm” has 14 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #23,567. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #23,567
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Filmgenre; Film, der beim Publikum Schrecken, Angst und Spannung auslöst
Corpus desk
Index DE-horrorfilm · Horrorfilm · German
Horrorfilm · rank #23,567 · 14 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #23,567
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH hinzukommen
Nearest frequency peer: hinzukommen (-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 „Horrorfilm“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- hinfällig
hinfällig
76,437 corpus weight
- hinschauen
hinschauen
76,436 corpus weight
- hinzukommen
hinzukommen
76,435 corpus weight
- Horrorfilm
Horrorfilm
76,434 corpus weight
- härtere
härtere
76,433 corpus weight
- Idealismus
Idealismus
76,432 corpus weight
What this shows „Horrorfilm“ 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 | Horrorfilm |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhɔʁoːɐ̯ˌfɪlm] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #23,567 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Horrorfilm“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around Horrorfilm (IPA [ˈhɔʁoːɐ̯ˌfɪlm]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #23,567 among 3,372 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Filmgenre; Film, der beim Publikum Schrecken, Angst und Spannung auslöst".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for Horrorfilm, with forms such as "hhorrorfilm", "hororfilm", and "hororrfilm". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Horrorfilme", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Horrorfilm, spelled H-O-R-R-O-R-F-I-L-M.
Definition
- 1Filmgenre; Film, der beim Publikum Schrecken, Angst und Spannung auslöst
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Horrorfilm appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Der Exorzist“ ist ein Horrorfilm.
„Zwei großformatige Fotografien meiner Töchter gerieten in Bewegung, ihre Gesichter trieben wie in einem Horrorfilm unter einer milchigen Eisdecke auf und davon.“
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- hhorrorfilm
- hororfilm
- hororrfilm
- horrofrilm
- horrorffilm
- horrorfillm
- horrorfilmm
- horrorfiml
- horrorflim
- horroriflm
- horrorrfilm
- horrrofilm
- hrororfilm
- ohrrorfilm
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Horrorfilm - 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.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Horrorfilm", not the corpus desk frequency band.
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).