pathetisch
[paˈteːtɪʃ]
The verdict
“pathetisch” has 16 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #49,144. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #49,144
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - das Pathos betreffend; voll Pathos, übertrieben oder aufgesetzt gefühlvoll, leidenschaftlich
Corpus desk
Index DE-pathetisch · pathetisch · German
pathetisch · rank #49,144 · 16 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #49,144
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 16 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH passendem
Nearest frequency peer: passendem (-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 „pathetisch“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- parkenden
parkenden
50,860 corpus weight
- Partikeln
Partikeln
50,859 corpus weight
- passendem
passendem
50,858 corpus weight
- pathetisch
pathetisch
50,857 corpus weight
- pensioniert
pensioniert
50,855 corpus weight
- Personalman…
Personalmanagement
50,854 corpus weight
What this shows „pathetisch“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pathetisch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [paˈteːtɪʃ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #49,144 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „pathetisch“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around pathetisch (IPA [paˈteːtɪʃ]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #49,144 among 3,409 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "das Pathos betreffend; voll Pathos, übertrieben oder aufgesetzt gefühlvoll, leidenschaftlich".
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for pathetisch, with forms such as "apthetisch", "pahtetisch", and "patehtisch". 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. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is pathetisch, spelled P-A-T-H-E-T-I-S-C-H.
Definition
- 1das Pathos betreffend; voll Pathos, übertrieben oder aufgesetzt gefühlvoll, leidenschaftlich
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pathetisch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Hauptdarstellerin im Theaterstück spielte mit der pathetischen Gestik einer Opernsängerin, die eben ihre Todesarie singt.
„Der pathetische Wunsch, seinen Kummer zu überlisten, hatte in der Konfrontation mit der Maske geendet.“
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- apthetisch
- pahtetisch
- patehtisch
- patheitsch
- patheticsh
- pathetiscch
- pathetischh
- pathetishc
- pathetissch
- pathetsich
- pathettisch
- pathhetisch
- pathteisch
- patthetisch
- ppathetisch
- ptahetisch
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pathetisch - 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
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