paypal
[ˈpɛɪ̯pɔl]
The verdict
“paypal” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #8,440. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #8,440
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs paypalen
Corpus desk
Index DE-paypal · paypal · German
paypal · rank #8,440 · 9 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #8,440
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH pater
Nearest frequency peer: pater (-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 „paypal“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- passierte
passierte
91,564 corpus weight
- pastor
pastor
91,563 corpus weight
- pater
pater
91,562 corpus weight
- paypal
paypal
91,561 corpus weight
- pen
pen
91,560 corpus weight
- präsent
präsent
91,558 corpus weight
What this shows „paypal“ 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 | paypal |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈpɛɪ̯pɔl] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #8,440 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „paypal“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around paypal (IPA [ˈpɛɪ̯pɔl]), averb. Corpus frequency is #8,440 among 3,409 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs paypalen".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for paypal, with forms such as "apypal", "papyal", and "payapl". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "Paywall", "Papa", "Papas", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is paypal, spelled P-A-Y-P-A-L.
Definition
- 12. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs paypalen
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- apypal
- papyal
- payapl
- paypall
- paypla
- payppal
- payypal
- ppaypal
- pyapal
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of paypal - 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 "paypal", 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).