Pathos
[ˈpaːtɔs]
The verdict
“Pathos” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #24,066. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #24,066
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine leidenschaftliche Ergriffenheit oder ein leidenschaftliches Verhalten
Corpus desk
Index DE-pathos · Pathos · German
Pathos · rank #24,066 · 9 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #24,066
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH paste
Nearest frequency peer: paste (-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 „Pathos“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- panisch
panisch
75,938 corpus weight
- parties
parties
75,937 corpus weight
- paste
paste
75,936 corpus weight
- Pathos
Pathos
75,935 corpus weight
- penn
penn
75,934 corpus weight
- petit
petit
75,933 corpus weight
What this shows „Pathos“ 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 | Pathos |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈpaːtɔs] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #24,066 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Pathos“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around Pathos (IPA [ˈpaːtɔs]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #24,066 among 3,409 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Pathos, with forms such as "apthos", "pahtos", and "pathhos". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "Python", "patron", "path", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Pathos, spelled P-A-T-H-O-S.
Definition
- 1eine leidenschaftliche Ergriffenheit oder ein leidenschaftliches Verhalten
- 2(übertriebener) Gefühlsausdruck
- 3erhabene Feierlichkeit
- 4Überzeugung durch rednerische Gewalt und emotionalen Appell
- 5Krankheit oder ein krankhafter Trieb
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Pathos appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Hochzeit wurde mit großem Pathos begangen.
„Almuth lächelte über ihr eigenes Pathos.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- apthos
- pahtos
- pathhos
- pathoss
- pathso
- patohs
- patthos
- ppathos
- ptahos
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Pathos - 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 "Pathos", 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 (9 here; floor ≥5).