Perücke
[peˈʁʏkə]
The verdict
“Perücke” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #20,022. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #20,022
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein Haarersatz; eine handwerklich angefertigte Nachahmung natürlich gewachsener Haare, des Haarschopfes; eine künstliche Kopfbedeckung; eine Zweitfrisur, die das Naturhaar ersetzen oder ergänzen so...
Corpus desk
Index DE-perucke · Perücke · German
Perücke · rank #20,022 · 10 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #20,022
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH Passiven
Nearest frequency peer: Passiven (-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 „Perücke“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- offensichtl…
offensichtliche
79,982 corpus weight
- Parfüm
Parfüm
79,981 corpus weight
- Passiven
Passiven
79,980 corpus weight
- Perücke
Perücke
79,979 corpus weight
- philosophis…
philosophisch
79,978 corpus weight
- Pier
Pier
79,977 corpus weight
What this shows „Perücke“ 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 | Perücke |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [peˈʁʏkə] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #20,022 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Perücke“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around Perücke (IPA [peˈʁʏkə]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #20,022 among 3,409 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "ein Haarersatz; eine handwerklich angefertigte Nachahmung natürlich gewachsener Haare, des Haarschopfes; eine künstliche Kopfbedeckung; eine Zweitfrisur, die das Naturhaar ersetzen oder ergänzen so...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Perücke, with forms such as "eprücke", "percüke", and "perrücke". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Perücken", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Perücke, spelled P-E-R-Ü-C-K-E.
Definition
- 1ein Haarersatz; eine handwerklich angefertigte Nachahmung natürlich gewachsener Haare, des Haarschopfes; eine künstliche Kopfbedeckung; eine Zweitfrisur, die das Naturhaar ersetzen oder ergänzen sollen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Perücke appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Klaus trägt eine Perücke, um seine Glatze zu verstecken.
„Er trug eine untadelig gepuderte Perücke und ein Jackett aus Seidenbrokat.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- eprücke
- percüke
- perrücke
- perüccke
- perücek
- perückke
- perükce
- peürcke
- pperücke
- preücke
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Perücke - 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 "Perücke", 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 (10 here; floor ≥5).