Pilates
[piˈlaːtəs]
The verdict
“Pilates” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #40,138. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #40,138
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - körperliches Übungssystem, welches die Verbesserung von Flexibilität und Körperhaltung sowie die Förderung von Körperbewusstsein zum Ziel hat
Corpus desk
Index DE-pilates · Pilates · German
Pilates · rank #40,138 · 10 variants · 8 confusables
- FREQ-MID #40,138
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH Phobie
Nearest frequency peer: Phobie (-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 „Pilates“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- pflegenden
pflegenden
59,866 corpus weight
- Pfote
Pfote
59,865 corpus weight
- Phobie
Phobie
59,864 corpus weight
- Pilates
Pilates
59,863 corpus weight
- planst
planst
59,862 corpus weight
- plausible
plausible
59,861 corpus weight
What this shows „Pilates“ 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 | Pilates |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [piˈlaːtəs] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #40,138 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Pilates“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around Pilates (IPA [piˈlaːtəs]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #40,138 among 3,409 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "körperliches Übungssystem, welches die Verbesserung von Flexibilität und Körperhaltung sowie die Förderung von Körperbewusstsein zum Ziel hat".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Pilates, with forms such as "iplates", "pialtes", and "pilaets". 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, "plate", "places", "planes", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
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 Pilates, spelled P-I-L-A-T-E-S.
Definition
- 1körperliches Übungssystem, welches die Verbesserung von Flexibilität und Körperhaltung sowie die Förderung von Körperbewusstsein zum Ziel hat
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Pilates appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich mache zwei mal in der Woche Pilates, um meinen Rücken zu stärken.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- iplates
- pialtes
- pilaets
- pilatess
- pilatse
- pilattes
- pillates
- piltaes
- pliates
- ppilates
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Pilates - 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 "Pilates", 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 (10 here; floor ≥5).