Philosoph
[ˌfiloˈzoːf]
The verdict
“Philosoph” has 14 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #11,306. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #11,306
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Forscher des Gebietes Philosophie
Corpus desk
Index DE-philosoph · Philosoph · German
Philosoph · rank #11,306 · 14 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #11,306
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH pfeifen
Nearest frequency peer: pfeifen (-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 „Philosoph“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Penny
Penny
88,697 corpus weight
- pfeifen
pfeifen
88,696 corpus weight
- Philosoph
Philosoph
88,695 corpus weight
- platzen
platzen
88,694 corpus weight
- populär
populär
88,693 corpus weight
- Preisträger
Preisträger
88,692 corpus weight
What this shows „Philosoph“ 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 | Philosoph |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˌfiloˈzoːf] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #11,306 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Philosoph“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around Philosoph (IPA [ˌfiloˈzoːf]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #11,306 among 3,409 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for Philosoph, with forms such as "hpilosoph", "phhilosoph", and "phillosoph". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "philosophy", "Philosophie", "Philosophen", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 Philosoph, spelled P-H-I-L-O-S-O-P-H.
Definition
- 1Forscher des Gebietes Philosophie
- 2jemand, der gerne philosophiert
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Philosoph appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das Studium der Wahrheit, des Schönen und des Guten beschäftigt das Leben eines Philosophen.
„In einer einflussreichen Vorlesung von 1962 hat der Philosoph Joachim Ritter das mit Petrarca einsetzende Motiv des Blicks vom Berge als Ausdruck neuzeitlicher Subjektivität gedeutet.“
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- hpilosoph
- phhilosoph
- phillosoph
- philoosph
- philosohp
- philosophh
- philosopph
- philospoh
- philossoph
- philsooph
- phiolsoph
- phliosoph
- pihlosoph
- pphilosoph
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Philosoph - 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 "Philosoph", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).