Pfaden
[ˈp͡faːdn̩]
The verdict
“Pfaden” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #40,750. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #40,750
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 13
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dativ Plural des Substantivs Pfad
Corpus desk
Index DE-pfaden · Pfaden · German
Pfaden · rank #40,750 · 9 variants · 13 confusables
- FREQ-MID #40,750
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH period
Nearest frequency peer: period (-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 „Pfaden“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Peinlichkeit
Peinlichkeit
59,254 corpus weight
- Penetration
Penetration
59,253 corpus weight
- period
period
59,252 corpus weight
- Pfaden
Pfaden
59,251 corpus weight
- Pförtner
Pförtner
59,249 corpus weight
- Platzverweis
Platzverweis
59,248 corpus weight
What this shows „Pfaden“ 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 | Pfaden |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈp͡faːdn̩] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #40,750 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 13 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Pfaden“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around Pfaden (IPA [ˈp͡faːdn̩]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #40,750 among 3,409 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Dativ Plural des Substantivs Pfad".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Pfaden, with forms such as "fpaden", "pafden", and "pfadden". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "planen", "Phasen", "prägen", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Pfaden, spelled P-F-A-D-E-N.
Definition
- 1Dativ Plural des Substantivs Pfad
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- fpaden
- pafden
- pfadden
- pfadenn
- pfadne
- pfaedn
- pfdaen
- pffaden
- ppfaden
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Pfaden - 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 "Pfaden", 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).