Pilz
[pɪlt͡s]
The verdict
“Pilz” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #9,962. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,962
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - aus schlauchförmigen Fäden bestehender Organismus ohne Blattgrün (Reich Fungi); hat sowohl tierische als auch pflanzliche Eigenschaften
Corpus desk
Index DE-pilz · Pilz · German
Pilz · rank #9,962 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #9,962
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH Planungen
Nearest frequency peer: Planungen (+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 „Pilz“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- offline
offline
90,043 corpus weight
- paper
paper
90,042 corpus weight
- Pilz
Pilz
90,039 corpus weight
- Planungen
Planungen
90,038 corpus weight
- Profit
Profit
90,037 corpus weight
- Promotion
Promotion
90,036 corpus weight
What this shows „Pilz“ 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 | Pilz |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [pɪlt͡s] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #9,962 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Pilz“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around Pilz (IPA [pɪlt͡s]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,962 among 3,409 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Pilz, with forms such as "iplz", "pillz", and "pilzz". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Pol", "PIN", "PLZ", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
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 Pilz, spelled P-I-L-Z.
Definition
- 1aus schlauchförmigen Fäden bestehender Organismus ohne Blattgrün (Reich Fungi); hat sowohl tierische als auch pflanzliche Eigenschaften
- 2oberirdisch wachsendes Teil eines Pilzes^([1]) aus fleischigem Stiel und Hut
- 3halluzinogene Pilze
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Pilz appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das größte Lebewesen der Welt ist ein Pilz.
„Seit unsere sich Welt zunehmend vernetzt, verbreiten sich auch vermehrt Pilze rund um den Globus.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- iplz
- pillz
- pilzz
- pizl
- pliz
- ppilz
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Pilz - 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 "Pilz", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).