papieren
[paˈpiːʁən]
The verdict
“papieren” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #21,014. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #21,014
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - aus Papier bestehend
Corpus desk
Index DE-papieren · papieren · German
papieren · rank #21,014 · 11 variants · 8 confusables
- FREQ-MID #21,014
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH osteuropäisch…
Nearest frequency peer: osteuropäischen (-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 „papieren“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Oberschicht
Oberschicht
78,990 corpus weight
- Ortskern
Ortskern
78,989 corpus weight
- osteuropäis…
osteuropäischen
78,988 corpus weight
- papieren
papieren
78,987 corpus weight
- Pappe
Pappe
78,986 corpus weight
- parts
parts
78,985 corpus weight
What this shows „papieren“ 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 | papieren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [paˈpiːʁən] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #21,014 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „papieren“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around papieren (IPA [paˈpiːʁən]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #21,014 among 3,409 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for papieren, with forms such as "appieren", "paiperen", and "papeiren". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "Papiers", "polieren", "posieren", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is papieren, spelled P-A-P-I-E-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1aus Papier bestehend
- 2wie Papier wirkend
- 3arm an Abwechslung, sehr sachlich, trocken
- 4auf Papier geschrieben
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how papieren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Er hatte noch keinen eigenen Stil, die Sprache dieser diktierten Stücke war farblos und papieren,…“
„…; Piet fühlte keinen Schmerz; die kiesige Arena, mit den Hintereingängen rings, sah papieren aus, wie ein Bühnenbild bei Tageslicht.“
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- appieren
- paiperen
- papeiren
- papieern
- papierenn
- papierne
- papierren
- papireen
- pappieren
- ppaieren
- ppapieren
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of papieren - 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 "papieren", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).