Placebo
[plaˈt͡seːbo]
The verdict
“Placebo” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #27,000. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #27,000
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Medikament, das keinen Wirkstoff enthält, aber einem existierenden Medikament vom Aussehen her ähnelt und einen Placeboeffekt, sprich eine suggestive Wirkung, erzielen kann
Corpus desk
Index DE-placebo · Placebo · German
Placebo · rank #27,000 · 10 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #27,000
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH pisst
Nearest frequency peer: pisst (-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 „Placebo“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- patron
patron
73,004 corpus weight
- pisst
pisst
73,002 corpus weight
- Placebo
Placebo
73,001 corpus weight
- Players
Players
73,000 corpus weight
- poetische
poetische
72,999 corpus weight
- poppen
poppen
72,998 corpus weight
What this shows „Placebo“ 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 | Placebo |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [plaˈt͡seːbo] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #27,000 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Placebo“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around Placebo (IPA [plaˈt͡seːbo]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #27,000 among 3,409 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Medikament, das keinen Wirkstoff enthält, aber einem existierenden Medikament vom Aussehen her ähnelt und einen Placeboeffekt, sprich eine suggestive Wirkung, erzielen kann".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Placebo, with forms such as "lpacebo", "palcebo", and "placbeo". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "places", "place", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Placebo, spelled P-L-A-C-E-B-O.
Definition
- 1Medikament, das keinen Wirkstoff enthält, aber einem existierenden Medikament vom Aussehen her ähnelt und einen Placeboeffekt, sprich eine suggestive Wirkung, erzielen kann
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Placebo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ein Placebo dient einerseits als Kontrollmittel bei der Erforschung von Arzneimitteln, andererseits als Suggestiv-Therapeutikum.
[Covid-19-Impfstoff:] „Bei dem Biontech-Test wurde dem einen Teil der Versuchsgruppe der richtige Impfstoff verabreicht, dem anderen Teil nur ein Placebo. Fast alle Corona-Infektionen fanden danach in der Placebo-Gruppe statt.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- lpacebo
- palcebo
- placbeo
- placcebo
- placebbo
- placeob
- plaecbo
- plcaebo
- pllacebo
- pplacebo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Placebo - 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 "Placebo", 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 (10 here; floor ≥5).