Petr
[pɛtr̩]
The verdict
“Petr” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #27,446. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #27,446
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - tschechischer männlicher Vorname
Corpus desk
Index DE-petr · Petr · German
Petr · rank #27,446 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #27,446
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH personell
Nearest frequency peer: personell (-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 „Petr“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Pegasus
Pegasus
72,558 corpus weight
- pennen
pennen
72,557 corpus weight
- personell
personell
72,556 corpus weight
- Petr
Petr
72,555 corpus weight
- piazza
piazza
72,554 corpus weight
- Pils
Pils
72,553 corpus weight
What this shows „Petr“ 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 | Petr |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [pɛtr̩] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #27,446 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Petr“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around Petr (IPA [pɛtr̩]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #27,446 among 3,409 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "tschechischer männlicher Vorname".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Petr, with forms such as "eptr", "pert", and "petrr". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Pr", "Pt", "PUR", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Petr, spelled P-E-T-R.
Definition
- 1tschechischer männlicher Vorname
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Petr appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ten Petr je milý chlapík.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- eptr
- pert
- petrr
- pettr
- ppetr
- pter
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Petr - 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 "Petr", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).