pflügen
[ˈp͡flyːɡn̩]
The verdict
“pflügen” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #48,382. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #48,382
- frequency rank, German
- 49,534
- “P” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - mit einem Pflug tätig sein
Corpus desk
Index DE-pflugen · pflügen · German
pflügen · rank #48,382 · 11 variants · 9 confusables
- FREQ-MID #48,382
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 49,534
- PHOTO-FINISH Pferdeschwanz
Nearest frequency peer: Pferdeschwanz (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “pflügen”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Pavia
Pavia
51,623 corpus weight
- Pferdeschwa…
Pferdeschwanz
51,620 corpus weight
- pflügen
pflügen
51,619 corpus weight
- Photovoltai…
Photovoltaikanlage
51,618 corpus weight
- pig
pig
51,617 corpus weight
- pikante
pikante
51,616 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “pflügen” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | pflügen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈp͡flyːɡn̩] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #48,382 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pflügen” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around pflügen (IPA [ˈp͡flyːɡn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #48,382 among 49,534 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for pflügen, with forms such as "fplügen", "pfflügen", and "pflgüen". 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. It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "Plugin", "plagen", "Pflug", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is pflügen, spelled P-F-L-Ü-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1mit einem Pflug tätig sein
- 2irgendetwas mittels eines Pflugs bearbeiten (umwenden)
- 3etwas durch Pflügen^([1]) herstellen
- 4ein Tier vor den Pflug spannen und es zum Pflügen einsetzen
- 5etwas säen oder allgemein etwas anfangen
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- fplügen
- pfflügen
- pflgüen
- pfllügen
- pflüegn
- pflügenn
- pflüggen
- pflügne
- pfülgen
- plfügen
- ppflügen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pflügen - 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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "pflügen", 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).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.