menschlich
[ˈmɛnʃlɪç]
The verdict
“menschlich” has 17 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #7,964. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,964
- frequency rank, German
- 3,571
- “M” headwords
- 17
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - dem Menschen zugehörig, (wie) ein Mensch seiend
Corpus desk
Index DE-menschlich · menschlich · German
menschlich · rank #7,964 · 17 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #7,964
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 17 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,571
- PHOTO-FINISH meldete
Nearest frequency peer: meldete (-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 „menschlich“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Maas
Maas
92,039 corpus weight
- meldete
meldete
92,038 corpus weight
- menschlich
menschlich
92,037 corpus weight
- Nd
Nd
92,036 corpus weight
- NDR
NDR
92,035 corpus weight
- Netzwerke
Netzwerke
92,034 corpus weight
What this shows „menschlich“ 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 | menschlich |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈmɛnʃlɪç] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #7,964 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „menschlich“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 17 spelling variants around menschlich (IPA [ˈmɛnʃlɪç]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #7,964 among 3,571 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for menschlich, with forms such as "emnschlich", "mencshlich", and "mennschlich". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "menschliche", "menschlichen", "menschlicher", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is menschlich, spelled M-E-N-S-C-H-L-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1dem Menschen zugehörig, (wie) ein Mensch seiend
- 2menschliche Charakterzüge besitzend (oft in Verbindung gebracht mit gütig oder sozial)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how menschlich appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Affen zeigen viele menschliche Eigenschaften.
„Seit Beginn der dreißiger Jahre war Louis Leakey im östlichen Afrika auf der Suche nach Zeugnissen der Existenz menschlicher Vorfahren; vor allem suchte er Steinwerkzeuge.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- emnschlich
- mencshlich
- mennschlich
- menscchlich
- menschhlich
- menschilch
- menschlcih
- menschlicch
- menschlichh
- menschlihc
- menschllich
- mensclhich
- menshclich
- mensschlich
- mesnchlich
- mmenschlich
- mneschlich
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of menschlich - 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 "menschlich", 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 (17 here; floor ≥5).