Polster
[ˈpɔlstɐ]
The verdict
“Polster” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #18,660. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #18,660
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 11
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Kissen im Bett
Corpus desk
Index DE-polster · Polster · German
Polster · rank #18,660 · 11 variants · 11 confusables
- FREQ-MID #18,660
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH polizeilichen
Nearest frequency peer: polizeilichen (-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 „Polster“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Playlist
Playlist
81,344 corpus weight
- plays
plays
81,343 corpus weight
- polizeilich…
polizeilichen
81,342 corpus weight
- Polster
Polster
81,341 corpus weight
- populäre
populäre
81,340 corpus weight
- Postkarte
Postkarte
81,339 corpus weight
What this shows „Polster“ 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 | Polster |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈpɔlstɐ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #18,660 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 11 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Polster“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around Polster (IPA [ˈpɔlstɐ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #18,660 among 3,409 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Polster, with forms such as "oplster", "ploster", and "pollster". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "poste", "Posten", "Poster", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Polster, spelled P-O-L-S-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Kissen im Bett
- 2Ausstaffierung in
- 3Ausstaffierung in
- 4Ausstaffierung in
- 5Rücklage, Spielraum, Abfederung bei Geldgeschäften
- 6allgemein eine Auflage
- 7Wuchsform typischer Polsterpflanzen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Polster appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Helfer des Roten Kreuzes und der Caritas versorgten sie mit Lebensmitteln, Getränken, Decken und Polstern.“
„Sie schob einen Polster unter Auguste Schmerdas Kopf und ein Zierkissen unter ihre Beine.“
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- oplster
- ploster
- pollster
- polsetr
- polsster
- polsterr
- polstre
- polstter
- poltser
- poslter
- ppolster
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Polster - 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 "Polster", 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 (11 here; floor ≥5).