möglichst
[ˈmøːklɪçst]
The verdict
“möglichst” has 15 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #1,303. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,303
- frequency rank, German
- 3,571
- “M” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - so gut, so schnell, so groß und Ähnliches sich etwas einrichten/machen lässt
Corpus desk
Index DE-moglichst · möglichst · German
möglichst · rank #1,303 · 15 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,303
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,571
- PHOTO-FINISH Patienten
Nearest frequency peer: Patienten (+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 „möglichst“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- kleines
kleines
98,701 corpus weight
- Maria
Maria
98,700 corpus weight
- möglichst
möglichst
98,698 corpus weight
- Patienten
Patienten
98,697 corpus weight
- persönlich
persönlich
98,696 corpus weight
- schlafen
schlafen
98,695 corpus weight
What this shows „möglichst“ 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 | möglichst |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | [ˈmøːklɪçst] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #1,303 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „möglichst“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around möglichst (IPA [ˈmøːklɪçst]), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #1,303 among 3,571 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "so gut, so schnell, so groß und Ähnliches sich etwas einrichten/machen lässt".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for möglichst, with forms such as "mgölichst", "mmöglichst", and "mögglichst". 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, "möglich", "mögliche", "möglichen", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is möglichst, spelled M-Ö-G-L-I-C-H-S-T.
Definition
- 1so gut, so schnell, so groß und Ähnliches sich etwas einrichten/machen lässt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how möglichst appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er möchte möglichst wenig Zucker in den Tee bekommen.
„Frauen trinken aber auch viel Tee, um sich möglichst viel Flüssigkeit zuzuführen und es in puncto Gesundheit den Topmodels gleichzutun.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- mgölichst
- mmöglichst
- mögglichst
- mögilchst
- möglcihst
- möglicchst
- möglichhst
- möglichsst
- möglichstt
- möglichts
- möglicsht
- möglihcst
- mögllichst
- mölgichst
- ömglichst
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of möglichst - 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 "möglichst", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).