matschig
[ˈmat͡ʃɪç]
The verdict
“matschig” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #49,884. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #49,884
- frequency rank, German
- 3,571
- “M” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (als Boden) weich durch Nässe
Corpus desk
Index DE-matschig · matschig · German
matschig · rank #49,884 · 13 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #49,884
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,571
- PHOTO-FINISH maskiert
Nearest frequency peer: maskiert (-2 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 „matschig“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- marcia
marcia
50,121 corpus weight
- maroden
maroden
50,120 corpus weight
- maskiert
maskiert
50,119 corpus weight
- matschig
matschig
50,117 corpus weight
- Meinungsver…
Meinungsverschiedenheit
50,115 corpus weight
- Memel
Memel
50,114 corpus weight
What this shows „matschig“ 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 | matschig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈmat͡ʃɪç] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #49,884 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „matschig“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around matschig (IPA [ˈmat͡ʃɪç]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #49,884 among 3,571 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for matschig, with forms such as "amtschig", "mastchig", and "matcshig". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Matsch", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is matschig, spelled M-A-T-S-C-H-I-G.
Definition
- 1(als Boden) weich durch Nässe
- 2(als Frucht) weich durch zu lange Reifung
- 3(als Mensch) kraftlos durch Überanstrengung
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how matschig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Ein kurzer, steiler, matschiger Weg wand sich in eine Mulde hinab, in der sich einkleiner Bauernhof befand.“
„Während Lotta noch den Schlagobersberg und die darin versunkenen Mandelsplitter abtrug, sog die Freundin mit dem Geräusch eines gut gewarteten Abflussrohrs bereits die matschige Birne durch ihre Hohlhippe.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- amtschig
- mastchig
- matcshig
- matscchig
- matschgi
- matschhig
- matschigg
- matscihg
- matshcig
- matsschig
- mattschig
- mmatschig
- mtaschig
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of matschig - 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 "matschig", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).