Prügelei
[pʁyːɡəˈlaɪ̯]
The verdict
“Prügelei” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #34,869. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #34,869
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ereignis, bei dem sich mehrere Personen meist gegenseitig schlagen
Corpus desk
Index DE-prugelei · Prügelei · German
Prügelei · rank #34,869 · 11 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #34,869
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH prädestiniert
Nearest frequency peer: prädestiniert (-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 „Prügelei“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Prozente
Prozente
65,135 corpus weight
- Präambel
Präambel
65,134 corpus weight
- prädestinie…
prädestiniert
65,133 corpus weight
- Prügelei
Prügelei
65,132 corpus weight
- Pudel
Pudel
65,131 corpus weight
- Päpste
Päpste
65,130 corpus weight
What this shows „Prügelei“ 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 | Prügelei |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [pʁyːɡəˈlaɪ̯] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #34,869 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Prügelei“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around Prügelei (IPA [pʁyːɡəˈlaɪ̯]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #34,869 among 3,409 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Prügelei, with forms such as "pprügelei", "prgüelei", and "prrügelei". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "prügeln", "prügelt", "Prügel", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Prügelei, spelled P-R-Ü-G-E-L-E-I.
Definition
- 1Ereignis, bei dem sich mehrere Personen meist gegenseitig schlagen
- 2Handlung, jemanden intensiv/wiederholt zu schlagen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Prügelei appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Vor der Kneipe gibt es jedes Wochenende Prügeleien.
„Jedes Wort von uns hätte unweigerlich eine Prügelei provoziert, die mit Sicherheit in eine Massenkeilerei mit den älteren Schülern ausgeartet wäre.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- pprügelei
- prgüelei
- prrügelei
- prüeglei
- prügeeli
- prügelie
- prügellei
- prüggelei
- prügleei
- pürgelei
- rpügelei
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Prügelei - 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 "Prügelei", 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 (11 here; floor ≥5).