Pfeil
[p͡faɪ̯l]
The verdict
“Pfeil” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #9,433. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,433
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 11
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Geschoss, bestehend aus Rohr und Spitze, das mit einem Bogen abgeschossen wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-pfeil · Pfeil · German
Pfeil · rank #9,433 · 7 variants · 11 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #9,433
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH Peer
Nearest frequency peer: Peer (-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 „Pfeil“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Parteitag
Parteitag
90,571 corpus weight
- Partys
Partys
90,570 corpus weight
- Peer
Peer
90,569 corpus weight
- Pfeil
Pfeil
90,568 corpus weight
- Pferden
Pferden
90,567 corpus weight
- platziert
platziert
90,566 corpus weight
What this shows „Pfeil“ 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 | Pfeil |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [p͡faɪ̯l] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #9,433 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 11 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Pfeil“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around Pfeil (IPA [p͡faɪ̯l]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,433 among 3,409 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Pfeil, with forms such as "fpeil", "pefil", and "pfeill". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "pfui", "Preis", "Pferd", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 Pfeil, spelled P-F-E-I-L.
Definition
- 1Geschoss, bestehend aus Rohr und Spitze, das mit einem Bogen abgeschossen wird
- 2abstraktes Bild von [1] (bestehend aus Linie und Spitze), das auf etwas oder in eine Richtung zeigt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Pfeil appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Indianer können mit dem Pfeil und Bogen auch Fische erlegen.
„Die Rebellen kämpften mit Pfeilen, Macheten und Steinschleudern.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- fpeil
- pefil
- pfeill
- pfeli
- pffeil
- pfiel
- ppfeil
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Pfeil - 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 "Pfeil", 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 (7 here; floor ≥5).