Prügel
[ˈpʁyːɡl̩]
The verdict
“Prügel” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #16,805. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #16,805
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 10
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Schläge, die im Zuge einer körperlichen Auseinandersetzung ausgeteilt werden
Corpus desk
Index DE-prugel · Prügel · German
Prügel · rank #16,805 · 9 variants · 10 confusables
- FREQ-MID #16,805
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH Programmierer
Nearest frequency peer: Programmierer (-2 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 „Prügel“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- plötzlichen
plötzlichen
83,200 corpus weight
- population
population
83,199 corpus weight
- Programmier…
Programmierer
83,198 corpus weight
- Prügel
Prügel
83,196 corpus weight
- Qualifikati…
Qualifikationen
83,194 corpus weight
- rasant
rasant
83,193 corpus weight
What this shows „Prügel“ 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 | Prügel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈpʁyːɡl̩] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #16,805 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 10 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Prügel“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around Prügel (IPA [ˈpʁyːɡl̩]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #16,805 among 3,409 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Schläge, die im Zuge einer körperlichen Auseinandersetzung ausgeteilt werden".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Prügel, with forms such as "pprügel", "prgüel", and "prrügel". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "Pudel", "prügeln", "prügelt", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Prügel, spelled P-R-Ü-G-E-L.
Definition
- 1Schläge, die im Zuge einer körperlichen Auseinandersetzung ausgeteilt werden
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Prügel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Aber den Arthur hat er jetzt erwischt, und er hat alle Prügel gekriegt.
»Zuerst habe ich geweint«, sagt Eren, »danach habe ich mich an die Prügel gewöhnt.«
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- pprügel
- prgüel
- prrügel
- prüegl
- prügell
- prüggel
- prügle
- pürgel
- rpügel
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Prügel - 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 "Prügel", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).