Pinsel
[ˈpɪnzl̩]
The verdict
“Pinsel” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #16,254. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #16,254
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 14
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gegenstand zum dosierten Auftragen von zum Beispiel Flüssigkeiten
Corpus desk
Index DE-pinsel · Pinsel · German
Pinsel · rank #16,254 · 9 variants · 14 confusables
- FREQ-MID #16,254
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH Pilger
Nearest frequency peer: Pilger (-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 „Pinsel“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- 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
- Prozessor
Prozessor
83,744 corpus weight
What this shows „Pinsel“ 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 | Pinsel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈpɪnzl̩] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #16,254 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 14 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Pinsel“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around Pinsel (IPA [ˈpɪnzl̩]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #16,254 among 3,409 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Pinsel, with forms such as "ipnsel", "pinesl", and "pinnsel". 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 14 confusable-pair relationships, "Pixel", "Pisse", "pissen", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
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 Pinsel, spelled P-I-N-S-E-L.
Definition
- 1Gegenstand zum dosierten Auftragen von zum Beispiel Flüssigkeiten
- 2einfältiger, dummer Mensch
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Pinsel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nach dem Malen muss man den Pinsel gleich gut reinigen, damit die Farbe nicht eintrocknet, und er nicht verklebt.
Der Fingerabdruckexperte trug das Pulver mit einem kleinen Pinsel auf.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ipnsel
- pinesl
- pinnsel
- pinsell
- pinsle
- pinssel
- pisnel
- pnisel
- ppinsel
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Pinsel - 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 "Pinsel", 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).