optimum
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The verdict
“optimum” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #29,724. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #29,724
- frequency rank, German
- 1,007
- “O” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - vom optimus, dem Superlativ des unregelmäßig gesteigerten Adjektivs bonus :* Nominativ Singular Neutrum :* Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum/Neutrum
Corpus desk
Index DE-optimum · optimum · German
optimum · rank #29,724 · 10 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #29,724
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,007
- PHOTO-FINISH Optiker
Nearest frequency peer: Optiker (-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 „optimum“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- 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
- Passauer
Passauer
70,273 corpus weight
What this shows „optimum“ 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 | optimum |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #29,724 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „optimum“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around optimum (IPA […]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #29,724 among 1,007 “O” headwords. Dominant gloss: "vom optimus, dem Superlativ des unregelmäßig gesteigerten Adjektivs bonus :* Nominativ Singular Neutrum :* Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum/Neutrum".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for optimum, with forms such as "opitmum", "opptimum", and "optimmu". 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, "TO", "video", "Trump", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is optimum, spelled O-P-T-I-M-U-M.
Definition
- 1vom optimus, dem Superlativ des unregelmäßig gesteigerten Adjektivs bonus :* Nominativ Singular Neutrum :* Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum/Neutrum
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- opitmum
- opptimum
- optimmu
- optimmum
- optimumm
- optiumm
- optmium
- opttimum
- otpimum
- potimum
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of optimum - 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 "optimum", 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).