parkinson
[paʁkinsɔn]
The verdict
“parkinson” has 14 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #25,703. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #25,703
- frequency rank, German
- 49,534
- “P” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Parkinson, Parkinsonkrankheit, parkinsonsche Krankheit, Parkinson’sche Krankheit
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | parkinson |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [paʁkinsɔn] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #25,703 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “parkinson” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around parkinson (IPA [paʁkinsɔn]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #25,703 among 49,534 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Parkinson, Parkinsonkrankheit, parkinsonsche Krankheit, Parkinson’sche Krankheit".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for parkinson, with forms such as "aprkinson", "pakrinson", and "pariknson". 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. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is parkinson, spelled P-A-R-K-I-N-S-O-N.
Definition
- 1Parkinson, Parkinsonkrankheit, parkinsonsche Krankheit, Parkinson’sche Krankheit
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aprkinson
- pakrinson
- pariknson
- parkinnson
- parkinosn
- parkinsno
- parkinsonn
- parkinsson
- parkisnon
- parkkinson
- parknison
- parrkinson
- pparkinson
- prakinson
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of parkinson - 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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Using “parkinson”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is P-A-R-K-I-N-S-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [paʁkinsɔn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.