Pfefferspray
[ˈp͡fɛfɐˌʃpʁeː]
The verdict
“Pfefferspray” has 18 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #18,017. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #18,017
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
- 18
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - zur Verteidigung gegen Tiere und Menschen eingesetztes Spray; stinkende und leicht ätzende Flüssigkeit
Corpus desk
Index DE-pfefferspray · Pfefferspray · German
Pfefferspray · rank #18,017 · 18 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #18,017
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 18 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH Pfand
Nearest frequency peer: Pfand (-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 „Pfefferspray“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Patrioten
Patrioten
81,987 corpus weight
- Pfand
Pfand
81,985 corpus weight
- Pfefferspray
Pfefferspray
81,984 corpus weight
- Pfeiler
Pfeiler
81,983 corpus weight
- Pflegeheim
Pflegeheim
81,982 corpus weight
- Pfoten
Pfoten
81,981 corpus weight
What this shows „Pfefferspray“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Pfefferspray |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈp͡fɛfɐˌʃpʁeː] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #18,017 |
| Misspellings tracked | 18 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Pfefferspray“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 18 spelling variants around Pfefferspray (IPA [ˈp͡fɛfɐˌʃpʁeː]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #18,017 among 3,409 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "zur Verteidigung gegen Tiere und Menschen eingesetztes Spray; stinkende und leicht ätzende Flüssigkeit".
Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for Pfefferspray, with forms such as "fpefferspray", "peffferspray", and "pfefefrspray". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 Pfefferspray, spelled P-F-E-F-F-E-R-S-P-R-A-Y.
Definition
- 1zur Verteidigung gegen Tiere und Menschen eingesetztes Spray; stinkende und leicht ätzende Flüssigkeit
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Pfefferspray appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich habe immer eine Dose Pfefferspray dabei.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- fpefferspray
- peffferspray
- pfefefrspray
- pfeferspray
- pfefferpsray
- pfefferrspray
- pfefferspary
- pfeffersppray
- pfeffersprayy
- pfeffersprray
- pfeffersprya
- pfeffersrpay
- pfeffersspray
- pfeffesrpray
- pfeffrespray
- pffeferspray
- pffefferspray
- ppfefferspray
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Pfefferspray - 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 "Pfefferspray", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (18 here; floor ≥5).