löschen
[ˈlœʃn̩]
The verdict
“löschen” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #3,388. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #3,388
- frequency rank, German
- 2,640
- “L” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 18
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein Feuer vernichten
Corpus desk
Index DE-loschen · löschen · German
löschen · rank #3,388 · 11 variants · 18 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #3,388
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 18 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,640
- PHOTO-FINISH löst
Nearest frequency peer: löst (+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 „löschen“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- kleineren
kleineren
96,616 corpus weight
- Konsequenzen
Konsequenzen
96,615 corpus weight
- löschen
löschen
96,613 corpus weight
- löst
löst
96,612 corpus weight
- magst
magst
96,611 corpus weight
- mehrmals
mehrmals
96,610 corpus weight
What this shows „löschen“ 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 | löschen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈlœʃn̩] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #3,388 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 18 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „löschen“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around löschen (IPA [ˈlœʃn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #3,388 among 2,640 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for löschen, with forms such as "llöschen", "lsöchen", and "löcshen". 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 also participates in 18 confusable-pair relationships, "losen", "löscht", "lösten", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is löschen, spelled L-Ö-S-C-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1ein Feuer vernichten
- 2eine Flüssigkeit zu etwas hinzugeben
- 3das Leuchten einer Lichtquelle beenden
- 4Inhalte oder Daten entfernen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how löschen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Feuerwehr löschte das Feuer.
„Das Feuer wurde gelöscht.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- llöschen
- lsöchen
- löcshen
- löscchen
- löscehn
- löschenn
- löschhen
- löschne
- löshcen
- lösschen
- ölschen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of löschen - 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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "löschen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).