pilgern
[ˈpɪlɡɐn]
The verdict
“pilgern” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #27,892. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #27,892
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - aus religiösen Gründen eine Reise unternehmen
Corpus desk
Index DE-pilgern · pilgern · German
pilgern · rank #27,892 · 11 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #27,892
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH Personenverke…
Nearest frequency peer: Personenverkehr (-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 „pilgern“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Parkplätzen
Parkplätzen
72,112 corpus weight
- Patriarchen
Patriarchen
72,111 corpus weight
- Personenver…
Personenverkehr
72,110 corpus weight
- pilgern
pilgern
72,109 corpus weight
- Pinneberg
Pinneberg
72,108 corpus weight
- plädieren
plädieren
72,107 corpus weight
What this shows „pilgern“ 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 | pilgern |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈpɪlɡɐn] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #27,892 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „pilgern“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around pilgern (IPA [ˈpɪlɡɐn]), averb. Corpus frequency is #27,892 among 3,409 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for pilgern, with forms such as "iplgern", "piglern", and "pilegrn". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "Pillen", "Pilzen", "Pilsen", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is pilgern, spelled P-I-L-G-E-R-N.
Definition
- 1aus religiösen Gründen eine Reise unternehmen
- 2irgendwohin wandern, gehen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pilgern appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sie pilgerten zum Papst nach Rom.
„Damals pilgerten immer mehr Gläubige in das geheimnisvolle Tal, um in der unscheinbaren Kapelle vor dem Gnadenbild zu beten.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- iplgern
- piglern
- pilegrn
- pilgenr
- pilgernn
- pilgerrn
- pilggern
- pilgren
- pillgern
- pligern
- ppilgern
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pilgern - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "pilgern", 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).