pleasure
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The verdict
“pleasure” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #44,852. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #44,852
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - das Vergnügen, das Wohlgefallen, das Behagen, die Freude
Corpus desk
Index DE-pleasure · pleasure · German
pleasure · rank #44,852 · 11 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #44,852
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH ponte
Nearest frequency peer: ponte (+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 „pleasure“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- philippinis…
philippinische
55,152 corpus weight
- Pieter
Pieter
55,151 corpus weight
- pleasure
pleasure
55,149 corpus weight
- ponte
ponte
55,148 corpus weight
- Positionspa…
Positionspapier
55,147 corpus weight
- predigte
predigte
55,146 corpus weight
What this shows „pleasure“ 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 | pleasure |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #44,852 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „pleasure“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around pleasure (IPA […]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #44,852 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 pleasure, with forms such as "lpeasure", "pelasure", and "plaesure". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "pressure", "TO", "video", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is pleasure, spelled P-L-E-A-S-U-R-E.
Definition
- 1das Vergnügen, das Wohlgefallen, das Behagen, die Freude
- 2der Wunsch
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how pleasure appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"In this attack I was wounded in the leg, Major Andrews severely in the head; and I here take pleasure in acknowledging the courage and coolness displayed by my field-officers Lieut. Col. J. C. Ferguson and Major J. Andrews, and the able assistance rendered by them on that occasion."
Synonyms
Antonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- lpeasure
- pelasure
- plaesure
- pleasrue
- pleassure
- pleasuer
- pleasurre
- pleausre
- plesaure
- plleasure
- ppleasure
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pleasure - 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 "pleasure", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).