Mossad
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The verdict
“Mossad” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #39,534. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #39,534
- frequency rank, German
- 3,571
- “M” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - israelischer Auslandsgeheimdienst
Corpus desk
Index DE-mossad · Mossad · German
Mossad · rank #39,534 · 8 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #39,534
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,571
- PHOTO-FINISH Mosbach
Nearest frequency peer: Mosbach (-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 „Mossad“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Molekülen
Molekülen
60,470 corpus weight
- mos
mos
60,469 corpus weight
- Mosbach
Mosbach
60,468 corpus weight
- Mossad
Mossad
60,467 corpus weight
- Musterung
Musterung
60,466 corpus weight
- mutet
mutet
60,465 corpus weight
What this shows „Mossad“ 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 | Mossad |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #39,534 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Mossad“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around Mossad (IPA […]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #39,534 among 3,571 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Mossad, with forms such as "mmossad", "mosad", and "mosasd". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Mossul", "of", "TO", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Mossad, spelled M-O-S-S-A-D.
Definition
- 1israelischer Auslandsgeheimdienst
- 2Abteilung der Hagana, die sich um die illegale Einwanderung von Juden nach Palästina kümmert
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Mossad appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Dass Israel sich prinzipiell zu den Aktivitäten seines Geheimdienstes nicht äußert, heizt die Gerüchte nur weiter an. Fachleute halten es allerdings für unwahrscheinlich, dass der Mossad die Vielzahl von Sabotageakten allein stemmen könnte.“
„Ihr verstorbener Mann war ein hohes Tier beim Mossad – dem israelischen Geheimdienst.“
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- mmossad
- mosad
- mosasd
- mossadd
- mossda
- moßad
- msosad
- omssad
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Mossad - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 "Mossad", 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 (8 here; floor ≥5).