Pfalz
[p͡falt͡s]
The verdict
“Pfalz” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #3,838. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #3,838
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 16
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - burgähnliche Palastanlage, die als Residenz des Kaisers, des Königs oder eines ihrer Stellvertreter dient
Corpus desk
Index DE-pfalz · Pfalz · German
Pfalz · rank #3,838 · 8 variants · 16 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #3,838
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH Neubau
Nearest frequency peer: Neubau (-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 „Pfalz“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- natürliche
natürliche
96,166 corpus weight
- net
net
96,165 corpus weight
- Neubau
Neubau
96,164 corpus weight
- Pfalz
Pfalz
96,163 corpus weight
- Prinzessin
Prinzessin
96,162 corpus weight
- probieren
probieren
96,161 corpus weight
What this shows „Pfalz“ 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 | Pfalz |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [p͡falt͡s] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #3,838 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 16 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Pfalz“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around Pfalz (IPA [p͡falt͡s]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,838 among 3,409 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Pfalz, with forms such as "fpalz", "paflz", and "pfallz". 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 16 confusable-pair relationships, "PLZ", "Pilz", "Pfau", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Pfalz, spelled P-F-A-L-Z.
Definition
- 1burgähnliche Palastanlage, die als Residenz des Kaisers, des Königs oder eines ihrer Stellvertreter dient
- 2Herrschaftsgebiet eines Pfalzgrafen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Pfalz appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die salischen Kaiser hatten eine Menge Pfalzen.
„Die Münzprägung wurde an den königlichen Pfalzen zentralisiert, was die Vereinheitlichung des Münzwesens erleichterte.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- fpalz
- paflz
- pfallz
- pfalzz
- pfazl
- pffalz
- pflaz
- ppfalz
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Pfalz - 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 "Pfalz", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).