Polizist
[poliˈt͡sɪst]
The verdict
“Polizist” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #3,913. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #3,913
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Angehöriger der Polizei
Corpus desk
Index DE-polizist · Polizist · German
Polizist · rank #3,913 · 12 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #3,913
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH Patrick
Nearest frequency peer: Patrick (-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 „Polizist“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Mädels
Mädels
96,091 corpus weight
- Objekt
Objekt
96,090 corpus weight
- Patrick
Patrick
96,089 corpus weight
- Polizist
Polizist
96,088 corpus weight
- ran
ran
96,087 corpus weight
- Rande
Rande
96,086 corpus weight
What this shows „Polizist“ 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 | Polizist |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [poliˈt͡sɪst] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #3,913 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Polizist“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around Polizist (IPA [poliˈt͡sɪst]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,913 among 3,409 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Angehöriger der Polizei".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Polizist, with forms such as "oplizist", "ploizist", and "poilzist". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Publizist", "Polizisten", "Polizistin", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Polizist, spelled P-O-L-I-Z-I-S-T.
Definition
- 1Angehöriger der Polizei
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Polizist appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Polizisten verhafteten 21 gewalttätige Demonstranten.
Zu den bizarren Pointen der furchtbaren Terrorserie in Frankreich zählt aber auch die Tatsache, dass Muslime nicht nur Täter und Opfer, sondern auch Helden geworden sind. Am Mittwoch war es der Polizist Ahmed Merabet, ein 42-jähriger muslimischer Familienvater, den die terroristischen Kouachi-Brüder brutal ermordeten.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- oplizist
- ploizist
- poilzist
- poliizst
- polizisst
- polizistt
- polizits
- polizsit
- polizzist
- pollizist
- polziist
- ppolizist
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Polizist - 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 "Polizist", 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).