Paddel
[ˈpadl̩]
The verdict
“Paddel” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #49,943. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #49,943
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - frei geführte unten blattförmig erweiterte Stange zum Fortbewegen eines Bootes
Corpus desk
Index DE-paddel · Paddel · German
Paddel · rank #49,943 · 7 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-MID #49,943
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH packende
Nearest frequency peer: packende (-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 „Paddel“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Oldesloe
Oldesloe
50,062 corpus weight
- omnium
omnium
50,061 corpus weight
- orders
orders
50,060 corpus weight
- packende
packende
50,059 corpus weight
- Paddel
Paddel
50,058 corpus weight
- Pau
Pau
50,055 corpus weight
What this shows „Paddel“ 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 | Paddel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈpadl̩] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #49,943 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Paddel“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around Paddel (IPA [ˈpadl̩]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #49,943 among 3,409 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "frei geführte unten blattförmig erweiterte Stange zum Fortbewegen eines Bootes".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Paddel, with forms such as "apddel", "paddell", and "paddle". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "Pavel", "Pudel", "padre", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Paddel, spelled P-A-D-D-E-L.
Definition
- 1frei geführte unten blattförmig erweiterte Stange zum Fortbewegen eines Bootes
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Paddel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wenn du das Paddel ins Wasser wirfst, dann steige ich aus.
„Nach vier erfolglosen Versuchen warf er die Harpune ins Boot, zog sich an Bord und setze sich schweigend ins Heck, um das Paddel wieder aufzunehmen.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- apddel
- paddell
- paddle
- padedl
- padel
- pdadel
- ppaddel
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Paddel - 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 "Paddel", 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 (7 here; floor ≥5).