parallel
[paʁaˈleːl]
The verdict
“parallel” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #3,065. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #3,065
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - in einer Ebene liegend und sich nicht schneidend, wie bei zwei Geraden
Corpus desk
Index DE-parallel · parallel · German
parallel · rank #3,065 · 10 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #3,065
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH Orten
Nearest frequency peer: Orten (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “parallel”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- nochmals
nochmals
96,939 corpus weight
- offiziellen
offiziellen
96,938 corpus weight
- Orten
Orten
96,937 corpus weight
- parallel
parallel
96,936 corpus weight
- Pferd
Pferd
96,935 corpus weight
- reagiert
reagiert
96,934 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “parallel” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | parallel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [paʁaˈleːl] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #3,065 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “parallel” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around parallel (IPA [paʁaˈleːl]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #3,065 among 3,409 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for parallel, with forms such as "aprallel", "paarllel", and "paralel". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "pralle", "prallen", "Parallelen", 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 parallel, spelled P-A-R-A-L-L-E-L.
Definition
- 1in einer Ebene liegend und sich nicht schneidend, wie bei zwei Geraden
- 2in gleicher Richtung und in gleichem Abstand verlaufend
- 3zur gleichen Zeit geschehend, gleichzeitig ausgeführt oder übertragen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how parallel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die gegenüberliegenden Seiten eines Rechtecks sind parallel.
Parallel bedeutet in Bezug auf gerichtete Geraden/Strecken, dass sie nebeneinanderlaufen. Dabei wird die Richtung nicht beachtet, d.h. sie sind auch dann parallel, wenn sie als Vektor in genau entgegengesetzte Richtung zeigen.
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aprallel
- paarllel
- paralel
- paralell
- parallell
- parallle
- parlalel
- parrallel
- pparallel
- praallel
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of parallel - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "parallel", 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 (10 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- "parallel" maps to 4 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "pralle". View pair
- 10 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #3,065 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "P" letter cohort. P–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.