pflegten
[ˈp͡fleːktn̩]
The verdict
“pflegten” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #43,404. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #43,404
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs pflegen
Corpus desk
Index DE-pflegten · pflegten · German
pflegten · rank #43,404 · 13 variants · 7 confusables
- FREQ-MID #43,404
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH Pfarrerin
Nearest frequency peer: Pfarrerin (-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 „pflegten“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Passes
Passes
56,600 corpus weight
- pes
pes
56,599 corpus weight
- Pfarrerin
Pfarrerin
56,598 corpus weight
- pflegten
pflegten
56,597 corpus weight
- phasenweise
phasenweise
56,596 corpus weight
- physical
physical
56,594 corpus weight
What this shows „pflegten“ 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 | pflegten |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈp͡fleːktn̩] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #43,404 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „pflegten“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around pflegten (IPA [ˈp͡fleːktn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #43,404 among 3,409 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for pflegten, with forms such as "fplegten", "pfelgten", and "pfflegten". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "pflügen", "Pflege", "pflegt", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is pflegten, spelled P-F-L-E-G-T-E-N.
Definition
- 11. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs pflegen
- 21. Person Plural Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs pflegen
- 33. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs pflegen
- 43. Person Plural Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs pflegen
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- fplegten
- pfelgten
- pfflegten
- pflegetn
- pfleggten
- pflegtenn
- pflegtne
- pflegtten
- pfletgen
- pflgeten
- pfllegten
- plfegten
- ppflegten
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pflegten - 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 "pflegten", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).