really
[ˈrɪəli]
The verdict
“really” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #22,113. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #22,113
- frequency rank, German
- 2,984
- “R” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 11
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - in Wirklichkeit
Corpus desk
Index DE-really · really · German
really · rank #22,113 · 7 variants · 11 confusables
- FREQ-MID #22,113
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,984
- PHOTO-FINISH rationalen
Nearest frequency peer: rationalen (-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 „really“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Ranger
Ranger
77,891 corpus weight
- raschen
raschen
77,890 corpus weight
- rationalen
rationalen
77,889 corpus weight
- really
really
77,888 corpus weight
- Reputation
Reputation
77,887 corpus weight
- Reservierung
Reservierung
77,886 corpus weight
What this shows „really“ 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 | really |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | [ˈrɪəli] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #22,113 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 11 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „really“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around really (IPA [ˈrɪəli]), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #22,113 among 2,984 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for really, with forms such as "erally", "raelly", and "reallyy". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "reply", "reelle", "real", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is really, spelled R-E-A-L-L-Y.
Definition
- 1in Wirklichkeit
- 2den Tatsachen entsprechend
- 3im Ernst
- 4über alle Maßen
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- erally
- raelly
- reallyy
- realy
- realyl
- relaly
- rreally
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of really - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 "really", 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 (7 here; floor ≥5).