Pilzen
[ˈpɪlt͡sn̩]
The verdict
“Pilzen” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #21,731. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #21,731
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 18
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dativ Plural des Substantivs Pilz
Corpus desk
Index DE-pilzen · Pilzen · German
Pilzen · rank #21,731 · 9 variants · 18 confusables
- FREQ-MID #21,731
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 18 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH pic
Nearest frequency peer: pic (-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 „Pilzen“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- PDS
PDS
78,274 corpus weight
- Phrase
Phrase
78,272 corpus weight
- pic
pic
78,271 corpus weight
- Pilzen
Pilzen
78,270 corpus weight
- politischem
politischem
78,269 corpus weight
- Portugiesis…
Portugiesisch
78,267 corpus weight
What this shows „Pilzen“ 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 | Pilzen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈpɪlt͡sn̩] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #21,731 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 18 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Pilzen“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around Pilzen (IPA [ˈpɪlt͡sn̩]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #21,731 among 3,409 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Dativ Plural des Substantivs Pilz".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Pilzen, with forms such as "iplzen", "pilezn", and "pillzen". 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 18 confusable-pair relationships, "Polen", "putzen", "pissen", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Pilzen, spelled P-I-L-Z-E-N.
Definition
- 1Dativ Plural des Substantivs Pilz
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- iplzen
- pilezn
- pillzen
- pilzenn
- pilzne
- pilzzen
- pizlen
- plizen
- ppilzen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Pilzen - 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 "Pilzen", 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).