PEGIDA
[peˈɡiːda]
The verdict
“PEGIDA” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #7,647. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,647
- frequency rank, German
- 49,534
- “P” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Patriotische Europäer gegen die Islamisierung des Abendlandes
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | PEGIDA |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Abbreviation |
| IPA | [peˈɡiːda] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #7,647 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “PEGIDA” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around PEGIDA (IPA [peˈɡiːda]), anabbreviation. Corpus frequency is #7,647 among 49,534 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Patriotische Europäer gegen die Islamisierung des Abendlandes".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for PEGIDA, with forms such as "epgida", "pegdia", and "peggida". 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. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is PEGIDA, spelled P-E-G-I-D-A.
Definition
- 1Patriotische Europäer gegen die Islamisierung des Abendlandes
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- epgida
- pegdia
- peggida
- pegiad
- pegidda
- peigda
- pgeida
- ppegida
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of PEGIDA - 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 “PEGIDA”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is P-E-G-I-D-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [peˈɡiːda] (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.