mirror
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The verdict
“mirror” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #20,999. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #20,999
- frequency rank, German
- 3,571
- “M” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Spiegel
Corpus desk
Index DE-mirror · mirror · German
mirror · rank #20,999 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #20,999
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,571
- PHOTO-FINISH Meyers
Nearest frequency peer: Meyers (-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 „mirror“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Meisterin
Meisterin
79,005 corpus weight
- Mettmann
Mettmann
79,004 corpus weight
- Meyers
Meyers
79,003 corpus weight
- mirror
mirror
79,002 corpus weight
- mitbringt
mitbringt
79,001 corpus weight
- mitfahren
mitfahren
79,000 corpus weight
What this shows „mirror“ 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 | mirror |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #20,999 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „mirror“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around mirror (IPA […]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #20,999 among 3,571 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Spiegel".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for mirror, with forms such as "imrror", "miror", and "mirorr". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "of", "TO", "video", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
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 mirror, spelled M-I-R-R-O-R.
Definition
- 1Spiegel
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how mirror appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I have a mirror in my bathroom.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- imrror
- miror
- mirorr
- mirrorr
- mirrro
- mmirror
- mriror
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mirror - 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.
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 "mirror", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).