melancholisch
[melaŋˈkoːlɪʃ]
The verdict
“melancholisch” has 21 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #34,258. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #34,258
- frequency rank, German
- 3,571
- “M” headwords
- 21
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - schwermütig, Melancholie habend
Corpus desk
Index DE-melancholisch · melancholisch · German
melancholisch · rank #34,258 · 21 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #34,258
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 21 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,571
- PHOTO-FINISH mehrjährigen
Nearest frequency peer: mehrjährigen (-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 „melancholisch“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- meckert
meckert
65,746 corpus weight
- Megawatt
Megawatt
65,745 corpus weight
- mehrjährigen
mehrjährigen
65,744 corpus weight
- melancholis…
melancholisch
65,743 corpus weight
- merkten
merkten
65,742 corpus weight
- Messner
Messner
65,741 corpus weight
What this shows „melancholisch“ 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 | melancholisch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [melaŋˈkoːlɪʃ] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #34,258 |
| Misspellings tracked | 21 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „melancholisch“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 21 spelling variants around melancholisch (IPA [melaŋˈkoːlɪʃ]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #34,258 among 3,571 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "schwermütig, Melancholie habend".
Our generated misspelling index lists 21 likely wrong-spelling variants for melancholisch, with forms such as "emlancholisch", "mealncholisch", and "melacnholisch". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "melancholische", "melancholischen", 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 its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is melancholisch, spelled M-E-L-A-N-C-H-O-L-I-S-C-H.
Definition
- 1schwermütig, Melancholie habend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how melancholisch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er war in melancholischer Stimmung und konnte durch nichts aufgeheitert werden.
„Gregors Blick richtete sich dann zum Fenster, und das trübe Wetter – man hörte Regentropfen auf das Fensterblech aufschlagen – machte ihn ganz melancholisch.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- emlancholisch
- mealncholisch
- melacnholisch
- melanccholisch
- melanchholisch
- melanchloisch
- melanchoilsch
- melancholicsh
- melancholiscch
- melancholischh
- melancholishc
- melancholissch
- melanchollisch
- melancholsich
- melancohlisch
- melanhcolisch
- melanncholisch
- mellancholisch
- melnacholisch
- mleancholisch
- mmelancholisch
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of melancholisch - 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 "melancholisch", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (21 here; floor ≥5).