Pause
[ˈpaʊ̯zə]
The verdict
“Pause” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #1,984. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,984
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Unterbrechung einer Tätigkeit
Corpus desk
Index DE-pause · Pause · German
Pause · rank #1,984 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,984
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH Original
Nearest frequency peer: Original (-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 “Pause”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Nase
Nase
98,020 corpus weight
- Nürnberg
Nürnberg
98,019 corpus weight
- Original
Original
98,018 corpus weight
- Pause
Pause
98,017 corpus weight
- Prinzip
Prinzip
98,016 corpus weight
- Prüfung
Prüfung
98,015 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Pause” 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 | Pause |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈpaʊ̯zə] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #1,984 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Pause” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around Pause (IPA [ˈpaʊ̯zə]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,984 among 3,409 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Pause, with forms such as "apuse", "pasue", and "paues". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "plus", "pure", "push", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Pause, spelled P-A-U-S-E.
Definition
- 1Unterbrechung einer Tätigkeit
- 2Unterbrechung des Unterrichtes
- 3kurze durch den Rhythmus des jeweiligen Musikstückes geprägte Unterbrechung der Musik
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Pause appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Hin und wieder sollte man sich eine Pause gönnen.
„Eine kurze Pause entstand.“
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- apuse
- pasue
- paues
- pausse
- ppause
- puase
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Pause - 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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Pause", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).
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.