radikal
[ʁadiˈkaːl]
The verdict
“radikal” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #9,074. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,074
- frequency rank, German
- 2,984
- “R” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - im Denken und oder Handeln in besonderem Maße von der Norm abweichend
Corpus desk
Index DE-radikal · radikal · German
radikal · rank #9,074 · 10 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #9,074
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,984
- PHOTO-FINISH Premierminist…
Nearest frequency peer: Premierminister (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “radikal”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Phoenix
Phoenix
90,930 corpus weight
- plane
plane
90,929 corpus weight
- Premiermini…
Premierminister
90,928 corpus weight
- radikal
radikal
90,927 corpus weight
- Rates
Rates
90,926 corpus weight
- Reformation
Reformation
90,925 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “radikal” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | radikal |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ʁadiˈkaːl] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #9,074 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “radikal” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around radikal (IPA [ʁadiˈkaːl]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #9,074 among 2,984 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for radikal, with forms such as "ardikal", "raddikal", and "radiakl". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "Radikale", "Radikalen", "radikaler", and more, 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 radikal, spelled R-A-D-I-K-A-L.
Definition
- 1im Denken und oder Handeln in besonderem Maße von der Norm abweichend
- 2in besonders hervorstechendem Maße
- 3eine Bestrebung bezeichnend, die Gesellschaft umfassend (an der Wurzel) zu verändern
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how radikal appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Manche Menschen denken radikal, besonders dann, wenn sie zu einem Thema persönliche Erfahrungen gesammelt haben.
Die Verkaufspreise der Produkte wurden radikal gesenkt.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ardikal
- raddikal
- radiakl
- radikall
- radikkal
- radikla
- radkial
- raidkal
- rdaikal
- rradikal
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of radikal - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "radikal", 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 (10 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- "radikal" maps to 4 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "Radikale". View pair
- 10 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #9,074 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "R" letter cohort. R–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.