Optiker
[ˈɔptɪkɐ]
The verdict
“Optiker” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #29,723. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #29,723
- frequency rank, German
- 1,007
- “O” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Handwerker, der optische Geräte herstellt, repariert und verkauft
Corpus desk
Index DE-optiker · Optiker · German
Optiker · rank #29,723 · 10 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #29,723
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,007
- PHOTO-FINISH optimum
Nearest frequency peer: optimum (+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 „Optiker“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Oberndorf
Oberndorf
70,282 corpus weight
- Operette
Operette
70,280 corpus weight
- Optiker
Optiker
70,278 corpus weight
- optimum
optimum
70,277 corpus weight
- Paletten
Paletten
70,275 corpus weight
- Parzellen
Parzellen
70,274 corpus weight
What this shows „Optiker“ 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 | Optiker |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɔptɪkɐ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #29,723 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Optiker“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around Optiker (IPA [ˈɔptɪkɐ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #29,723 among 1,007 “O” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Optiker, with forms such as "opitker", "opptiker", and "optiekr". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Optik", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Optiker, spelled O-P-T-I-K-E-R.
Definition
- 1Handwerker, der optische Geräte herstellt, repariert und verkauft
- 2Wissenschaftler, der in der Optik tätig ist
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Optiker appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Der englische Optiker Edward Scarlett baute 1727 die erste Brillenfassung, deren Bügel über den Ohren verliefen.“
„Der Sohn des Optikers brauchte geraume Zeit, um den großen Schuttwall zu überwinden, und ebenso lange, um die kleine Treppe zum Souterrain zu bewältigen.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- opitker
- opptiker
- optiekr
- optikerr
- optikker
- optikre
- optkier
- opttiker
- otpiker
- potiker
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Optiker - 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 "Optiker", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).