originell
[oʁiɡiˈnɛl]
The verdict
“originell” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #19,002. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #19,002
- frequency rank, German
- 1,007
- “O” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - in seiner Art neu
Corpus desk
Index DE-originell · originell · German
originell · rank #19,002 · 11 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-MID #19,002
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,007
- PHOTO-FINISH Ordnungsamt
Nearest frequency peer: Ordnungsamt (-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 „originell“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- offshore
offshore
81,002 corpus weight
- oha
oha
81,001 corpus weight
- Ordnungsamt
Ordnungsamt
81,000 corpus weight
- originell
originell
80,999 corpus weight
- pepe
pepe
80,998 corpus weight
- Persischen
Persischen
80,997 corpus weight
What this shows „originell“ 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 | originell |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [oʁiɡiˈnɛl] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #19,002 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „originell“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around originell (IPA [oʁiɡiˈnɛl]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #19,002 among 1,007 “O” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for originell, with forms such as "oirginell", "orgiinell", and "origginell". 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, "originelle", "originellen", "Original", 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 best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is originell, spelled O-R-I-G-I-N-E-L-L.
Definition
- 1in seiner Art neu
- 2geistreich/witzig wirkend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how originell appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er entwickelte für sich einen originellen, persönlichen Stil.
Das ist eine wirklich originelle Idee!
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- oirginell
- orgiinell
- origginell
- origienll
- originel
- originlel
- originnell
- origniell
- oriignell
- orriginell
- roiginell
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of originell - 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 "originell", 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 (11 here; floor ≥5).