polar
[poˈlaːɐ̯]
The verdict
“polar” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #32,713. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #32,713
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 18
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die Pole betreffend, in der Nähe des Pols befindlich
Corpus desk
Index DE-polar · polar · German
polar · rank #32,713 · 7 variants · 18 confusables
- FREQ-MID #32,713
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 18 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH Plugins
Nearest frequency peer: Plugins (-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 „polar“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Pharmazie
Pharmazie
67,291 corpus weight
- Plugins
Plugins
67,289 corpus weight
- polar
polar
67,288 corpus weight
- Polizeistat…
Polizeistation
67,287 corpus weight
- Postmoderne
Postmoderne
67,286 corpus weight
- prekäre
prekäre
67,284 corpus weight
What this shows „polar“ 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 | polar |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [poˈlaːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #32,713 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 18 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „polar“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around polar (IPA [poˈlaːɐ̯]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #32,713 among 3,409 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for polar, with forms such as "oplar", "ploar", and "poalr". 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 18 confusable-pair relationships, "pour", "Pole", "polo", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is polar, spelled P-O-L-A-R.
Definition
- 1die Pole betreffend, in der Nähe des Pols befindlich
- 2einander entgegengesetzt, gegensinnig wirkend
- 3Eigenschaft von Molekülen: permanente Anziehungskraft habend durch räumliche Ladungstrennung und einer geometrischen Anordnung der Molekülgruppen, die zu einer permanenten elektrischen Dipolbildung führt; eine positive und eine negative Teilladung aufweisend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how polar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Schon im August erreichte Mitteleuropa eine polare Luftströmung.
Ein klassisches Beispiel für ein polares Molekül ist Wasser (H₂O).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- oplar
- ploar
- poalr
- polarr
- pollar
- polra
- ppolar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of polar - 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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).