Phase
[ˈfaːzə]
The verdict
“Phase” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #2,407. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #2,407
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - stetig verlaufender Entwicklungsabschnitt oder stetiger zeitlicher Ablauf
Corpus desk
Index DE-phase · Phase · German
Phase · rank #2,407 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #2,407
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH OP
Nearest frequency peer: OP (-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 “Phase”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Maschine
Maschine
97,597 corpus weight
- Mut
Mut
97,596 corpus weight
- OP
OP
97,595 corpus weight
- Phase
Phase
97,594 corpus weight
- Produkt
Produkt
97,593 corpus weight
- Ring
Ring
97,591 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Phase” 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 | Phase |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfaːzə] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #2,407 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Phase” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around Phase (IPA [ˈfaːzə]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,407 among 3,409 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Phase, with forms such as "hpase", "pahse", and "phaes". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Pose", "plane", "place", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Phase, spelled P-H-A-S-E.
Definition
- 1stetig verlaufender Entwicklungsabschnitt oder stetiger zeitlicher Ablauf
- 2φ in der Darstellung der komplexen Zahl r·eⁱᵠ
- 3Schwingungsversatz einer Welle an einer bestimmten Stelle und zu einem bestimmten Zeitpunkt
- 4Schwingungsversatz zweier oszillierender Größen gleicher Frequenz, insbesondere Wechselspannungen
- 5Außenleiter, nicht geerdeter Leiter von Wechselstrom
- 6veränderlicher Beleuchtungszustand eines nicht selbst leuchtenden Himmelskörpers
- 7hinsichtlich physikalischer Eigenschaften homogener Bereich
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Phase appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das geschah in der Phase, als die Krankheit sich gerade erst ankündigte.
r heißt Betrag der komplexen Zahl, φ heißt ihr Argument oder ihre Phase.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- hpase
- pahse
- phaes
- phasse
- phhase
- phsae
- pphase
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Phase - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 September 3, 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 "Phase", 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).
What to do next
You've looked up "Phase". Here's where to go from here.
- "Phase" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "Pose". View pair
- 7 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #2,407 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "P" letter cohort. P–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.