Polyester
[poˈli̯ɛstɐ]
The verdict
“Polyester” has 14 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #45,518. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #45,518
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Polymer mit Esterfunktionen –[–CO–O–]– in seiner Hauptkette
Corpus desk
Index DE-polyester · Polyester · German
Polyester · rank #45,518 · 14 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #45,518
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH Poetik
Nearest frequency peer: Poetik (-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 „Polyester“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- planes
planes
54,487 corpus weight
- Plättchen
Plättchen
54,485 corpus weight
- Poetik
Poetik
54,484 corpus weight
- Polyester
Polyester
54,483 corpus weight
- Preiserhöhu…
Preiserhöhungen
54,481 corpus weight
- Produktions…
Produktionsstätte
54,480 corpus weight
What this shows „Polyester“ 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 | Polyester |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [poˈli̯ɛstɐ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #45,518 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Polyester“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around Polyester (IPA [poˈli̯ɛstɐ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #45,518 among 3,409 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Polymer mit Esterfunktionen –[–CO–O–]– in seiner Hauptkette".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for Polyester, with forms such as "oplyester", "ployester", and "poleyster". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Polster", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
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 Polyester, spelled P-O-L-Y-E-S-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Polymer mit Esterfunktionen –[–CO–O–]– in seiner Hauptkette
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Polyester appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Wer sich gegen die Sonne schützen möchte, sollte etwas Passendes anziehen. Am besten ist dunkle Kleidung aus Polyester.“
„Viele Hannoveraner waren überfordert mit den überdimensionierten, farbenfrohen Frauenkörpern aus Polyester.“
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- oplyester
- ployester
- poleyster
- pollyester
- polyesetr
- polyesster
- polyesterr
- polyestre
- polyestter
- polyetser
- polyseter
- polyyester
- poylester
- ppolyester
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Polyester - 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 "Polyester", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).