issue

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The verdict

“issue” has 5 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #37,597. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#37,597
frequency rank, German
1,488
“I” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein Thema, über das diskutiert wird

Corpus desk

Index DE-issue · issue · German

issue · rank #37,597 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #37,597
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,488
  • PHOTO-FINISH Israeli

Nearest frequency peer: Israeli (-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 „issue“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „issue“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

issue vs issues
83% similar
issue vs of
0% similar
issue vs TO
0% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for issue
PropertyValue
Headwordissue
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters5
Frequency rank#37,597
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „issue“

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).issueliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Israeli“ (#37,596), „Ismail“ (#37,595), „irritierend“ (#37,594). Unter 1,488 „I“-Lemmata liegt „issue“ bei #37,597. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around issue (IPA […]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #37,597 among 1,488 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for issue, with forms such as "isseu", "isue", and "isuse". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "issues", "of", "TO", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is issue, spelled I-S-S-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    ein Thema, über das diskutiert wird
  2. 2
    die Ausgabe einer Zeitschrift oder Zeitung

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how issue appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. "The purpose of this book is not only to underscore that torture is a moral issue, beyond all partisan politics, but also to help religious communities mobilize against it, so that all loopholes permitting torture by any U.S. agencies. wether military or intelligence, might be eliminated."
  2. "I could remember a haunting photo essay from years ago, which turned out to be in that issue. It was an exposé of the "tiger cages" in Vietnam."

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • isseu
  • isue
  • isuse
  • ißue
  • sisue

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of issue - 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.

isseu2isue1isuse2ißue2sisue2
Edit distance from "issue"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "issue"?
"issue" is spelled I-S-S-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "issue" mean?
As a noun, "issue" means: ein Thema, über das diskutiert wird
What words are commonly confused with "issue"?
"issue" is commonly confused with "issues", "of", "TO". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "issue"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "issue" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "issue" come from?
"issue" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "issue", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

innig#37,588Ilias#37,582ideas#37,581hütet#37,579

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).

Kiki5 variantsfade5 variantsnous5 variantsreite5 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list