poetisch
[poˈeːtɪʃ]
The verdict
“poetisch” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #29,285. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #29,285
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - in der Art und Weise der Poesie oder des Poeten, auf die Poesie oder den Poeten bezogen
Corpus desk
Index DE-poetisch · poetisch · German
poetisch · rank #29,285 · 12 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-MID #29,285
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH pocket
Nearest frequency peer: pocket (-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 „poetisch“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- pitch
pitch
70,719 corpus weight
- PKV
PKV
70,718 corpus weight
- pocket
pocket
70,717 corpus weight
- poetisch
poetisch
70,716 corpus weight
- polieren
polieren
70,715 corpus weight
- potenziale
potenziale
70,714 corpus weight
What this shows „poetisch“ 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 | poetisch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [poˈeːtɪʃ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #29,285 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „poetisch“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around poetisch (IPA [poˈeːtɪʃ]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #29,285 among 3,409 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for poetisch, with forms such as "opetisch", "peotisch", and "poeitsch". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "Polnisch", "politisch", "poetische", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is poetisch, spelled P-O-E-T-I-S-C-H.
Definition
- 1in der Art und Weise der Poesie oder des Poeten, auf die Poesie oder den Poeten bezogen
- 2von besonderer Stimmung, Atmosphäre
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how poetisch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wenn mir danach ist, lese ich gern ein poetisches Werk.
Das klingt sehr poetisch.
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- opetisch
- peotisch
- poeitsch
- poeticsh
- poetiscch
- poetischh
- poetishc
- poetissch
- poetsich
- poettisch
- poteisch
- ppoetisch
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of poetisch - 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 "poetisch", 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 (12 here; floor ≥5).