prinzipiell
[pʁɪnt͡siˈpi̯ɛl]
The verdict
“prinzipiell” has 15 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #6,707. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #6,707
- frequency rank, German
- 49,534
- “P” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - auf der Grundlage eines Prinzips
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 | prinzipiell |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [pʁɪnt͡siˈpi̯ɛl] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #6,707 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “prinzipiell” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around prinzipiell (IPA [pʁɪnt͡siˈpi̯ɛl]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #6,707 among 49,534 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "auf der Grundlage eines Prinzips".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for prinzipiell, with forms such as "pirnzipiell", "pprinzipiell", and "prinizpiell". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Prinzipien", "prinzipielle", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is prinzipiell, spelled P-R-I-N-Z-I-P-I-E-L-L.
Definition
- 1auf der Grundlage eines Prinzips
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- pirnzipiell
- pprinzipiell
- prinizpiell
- prinnzipiell
- prinziipell
- prinzipeill
- prinzipiel
- prinzipilel
- prinzippiell
- prinzpiiell
- prinzzipiell
- priznipiell
- prnizipiell
- prrinzipiell
- rpinzipiell
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of prinzipiell - 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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Using “prinzipiell”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is P-R-I-N-Z-I-P-I-E-L-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [pʁɪnt͡siˈpi̯ɛl] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Prinzipien” - see the side-by-side comparison. prinzipiell vs Prinzipien
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Same frequency band
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.