Pfleger
[ˈp͡fleːɡɐ]
The verdict
“Pfleger” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #12,985. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #12,985
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Person, die jemanden pflegt
Corpus desk
Index DE-pfleger · Pfleger · German
Pfleger · rank #12,985 · 11 variants · 8 confusables
- FREQ-MID #12,985
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH optischen
Nearest frequency peer: optischen (-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 „Pfleger“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Oberschenkel
Oberschenkel
87,019 corpus weight
- Optimierung
Optimierung
87,018 corpus weight
- optischen
optischen
87,017 corpus weight
- Pfleger
Pfleger
87,016 corpus weight
- Philippe
Philippe
87,015 corpus weight
- praktiziert
praktiziert
87,014 corpus weight
What this shows „Pfleger“ 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 | Pfleger |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈp͡fleːɡɐ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #12,985 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Pfleger“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around Pfleger (IPA [ˈp͡fleːɡɐ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #12,985 among 3,409 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Pfleger, with forms such as "fpleger", "pfelger", and "pffleger". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "pflegt", "Pilger", "pflegte", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Pfleger, spelled P-F-L-E-G-E-R.
Definition
- 1Person, die jemanden pflegt
- 2vom Vormundschaftsgericht bestimmte Vertrauensperson, die sich in manchen Fällen um die rechtlichen Angelegenheiten einer Person kümmert
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Pfleger appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Pfleger brachte ihm eine Flasche Wasser ans Krankenbett.
„Er schenkt Großmutter die Rose und begleitet sie ins Haus zum Aufenthaltsraum für Pfleger.“
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- fpleger
- pfelger
- pffleger
- pfleegr
- pflegerr
- pflegger
- pflegre
- pflgeer
- pflleger
- plfeger
- ppfleger
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Pfleger - 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 "Pfleger", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).