öffentlich
[ˈœfn̩tlɪç]
The verdict
“öffentlich” has 14 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #1,649. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,649
- frequency rank, German
- 53
- “Ö” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - so, dass es jeder benutzen darf
Corpus desk
Index DE-offentlich · öffentlich · German
öffentlich · rank #1,649 · 14 variants · 6 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,649
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-MID 53
- PHOTO-FINISH zeigte
Nearest frequency peer: zeigte (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “öffentlich”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Werte
Werte
98,355 corpus weight
- Wirkung
Wirkung
98,354 corpus weight
- zeigte
zeigte
98,353 corpus weight
- öffentlich
öffentlich
98,352 corpus weight
- Alexander
Alexander
98,351 corpus weight
- Anlage
Anlage
98,350 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “öffentlich” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | öffentlich |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈœfn̩tlɪç] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #1,649 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “öffentlich” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around öffentlich (IPA [ˈœfn̩tlɪç]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #1,649 among 53 “Ö” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for öffentlich, with forms such as "föfentlich", "öfefntlich", and "öfentlich". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "ordentlich", "öffentliche", "öffentlichen", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is öffentlich, spelled Ö-F-F-E-N-T-L-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1so, dass es jeder benutzen darf
- 2vor den Augen aller
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how öffentlich appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich besitze keinen Wagen, deshalb benütze ich die öffentlichen Verkehrsmittel.
„Pocketbikes sind für öffentliche Straßen nicht zugelassen.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- föfentlich
- öfefntlich
- öfentlich
- öffenltich
- öffenntlich
- öffentilch
- öffentlcih
- öffentlicch
- öffentlichh
- öffentlihc
- öffentllich
- öffenttlich
- öffetnlich
- öffnetlich
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of öffentlich - 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "öffentlich", 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 (14 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "öffentlich". Here's where to go from here.
- "öffentlich" maps to 6 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "ordentlich". View pair
- 14 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #1,649 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "Ö" letter cohort. Ö–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.