pendeln
[ˈpɛndl̩n]
The verdict
“pendeln” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #21,382. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #21,382
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - hin- und herschwingen wie ein Pendel
Corpus desk
Index DE-pendeln · pendeln · German
pendeln · rank #21,382 · 11 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-MID #21,382
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH Pentagon
Nearest frequency peer: Pentagon (+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 „pendeln“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Originals
Originals
78,623 corpus weight
- ostdeutsche
ostdeutsche
78,622 corpus weight
- pendeln
pendeln
78,619 corpus weight
- Pentagon
Pentagon
78,618 corpus weight
- Percy
Percy
78,617 corpus weight
- Personals
Personals
78,616 corpus weight
What this shows „pendeln“ 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 | pendeln |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈpɛndl̩n] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #21,382 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „pendeln“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around pendeln (IPA [ˈpɛndl̩n]), averb. Corpus frequency is #21,382 among 3,409 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for pendeln, with forms such as "epndeln", "pedneln", and "penddeln". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "pennen", "pinkeln", "pendelt", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is pendeln, spelled P-E-N-D-E-L-N.
Definition
- 1hin- und herschwingen wie ein Pendel
- 2ständig die gleiche Strecke in wechselnder Richtung fahren
- 3täglich eine große Strecke zwischen Arbeitsplatz und Wohnung zurücklegen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pendeln appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Ast pendelte schon bedrohlich im Wind und drohte jederzeit herunterzufallen.
„Jugendliche, gefolgt von einem Schwarm kleiner Jungen, vertrieben sich die Zeit, indem sie auf uralten Rädern im Zick-Zack durch die Straßen pendelten und dabei weniger die Pedale als die Klingel benutzten.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- epndeln
- pedneln
- penddeln
- pendelln
- pendelnn
- pendenl
- pendlen
- penedln
- penndeln
- pnedeln
- ppendeln
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pendeln - 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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "pendeln", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).