Regierungschef
[ʁeˈɡiːʁʊŋsˌʃɛf]
The verdict
“Regierungschef” has 22 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #9,441. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,441
- frequency rank, German
- 42,116
- “R” headwords
- 22
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Politiker, der der Regierung eines Staates vorsteht
Corpus desk
Index DE-regierungschef · Regierungschef · German
Regierungschef · rank #9,441 · 22 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-COMMON #9,441
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 22 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 42,116
- PHOTO-FINISH Realschule
Nearest frequency peer: Realschule (-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 “Regierungschef”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- präzise
präzise
90,563 corpus weight
- psychologis…
psychologische
90,562 corpus weight
- Realschule
Realschule
90,561 corpus weight
- Regierungsc…
Regierungschef
90,560 corpus weight
- Reinhold
Reinhold
90,559 corpus weight
- Renault
Renault
90,558 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Regierungschef” 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 | Regierungschef |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʁeˈɡiːʁʊŋsˌʃɛf] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #9,441 |
| Misspellings tracked | 22 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Regierungschef” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 22 spelling variants around Regierungschef (IPA [ʁeˈɡiːʁʊŋsˌʃɛf]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,441 among 42,116 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Politiker, der der Regierung eines Staates vorsteht".
Our generated misspelling index lists 22 likely wrong-spelling variants for Regierungschef, with forms such as "ergierungschef", "regeirungschef", and "reggierungschef". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Regierungschefs", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Regierungschef, spelled R-E-G-I-E-R-U-N-G-S-C-H-E-F.
Definition
- 1Politiker, der der Regierung eines Staates vorsteht
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ergierungschef
- regeirungschef
- reggierungschef
- regiernugschef
- regierrungschef
- regierugnschef
- regierungcshef
- regierunggschef
- regierungscchef
- regierungscehf
- regierungscheff
- regierungschfe
- regierungschhef
- regierungshcef
- regierungsschef
- regierunngschef
- regierunsgchef
- regieurngschef
- regireungschef
- reigerungschef
- rgeierungschef
- rregierungschef
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Regierungschef - 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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Regierungschef", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (22 here; floor ≥5).
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.