Pilger
[ˈpɪlɡɐ]
The verdict
“Pilger” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #16,253. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #16,253
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 13
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gläubiger, der aus religiösen Gründen in die Fremde geht oder Pilgerorte aufsucht
Corpus desk
Index DE-pilger · Pilger · German
Pilger · rank #16,253 · 9 variants · 13 confusables
- FREQ-MID #16,253
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH Picasso
Nearest frequency peer: Picasso (-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 „Pilger“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- pfeift
pfeift
83,751 corpus weight
- Phänomene
Phänomene
83,750 corpus weight
- Picasso
Picasso
83,749 corpus weight
- Pilger
Pilger
83,748 corpus weight
- Pinsel
Pinsel
83,747 corpus weight
- Pressen
Pressen
83,745 corpus weight
What this shows „Pilger“ 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 | Pilger |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈpɪlɡɐ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #16,253 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 13 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Pilger“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around Pilger (IPA [ˈpɪlɡɐ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #16,253 among 3,409 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Gläubiger, der aus religiösen Gründen in die Fremde geht oder Pilgerorte aufsucht".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Pilger, with forms such as "iplger", "pigler", and "pilegr". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "Pille", "Pilze", "Pulver", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 Pilger, spelled P-I-L-G-E-R.
Definition
- 1Gläubiger, der aus religiösen Gründen in die Fremde geht oder Pilgerorte aufsucht
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Pilger appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ein Pilger macht eine Pilgerreise und findet auf dem Weg innere Einkehr — denn: „Der Weg ist das Ziel.“
„Deshalb besuchten in vergangener Zeit viele Pilger die Heilung versprechende Stätte.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- iplger
- pigler
- pilegr
- pilgerr
- pilgger
- pilgre
- pillger
- pliger
- ppilger
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Pilger - 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.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Pilger", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).