Repressalien
[ʁepʁɛˈsaːli̯ən]
The verdict
“Repressalien” has 17 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #36,592. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #36,592
- frequency rank, German
- 2,984
- “R” headwords
- 17
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Repressalie
Corpus desk
Index DE-repressalien · Repressalien · German
Repressalien · rank #36,592 · 17 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #36,592
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 17 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,984
- PHOTO-FINISH Renovierungsa…
Nearest frequency peer: Renovierungsarbeiten (-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 “Repressalien”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- relax
relax
63,412 corpus weight
- Reno
Reno
63,411 corpus weight
- Renovierung…
Renovierungsarbeiten
63,410 corpus weight
- Repressalien
Repressalien
63,409 corpus weight
- retour
retour
63,408 corpus weight
- Ridge
Ridge
63,407 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Repressalien” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Repressalien |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʁepʁɛˈsaːli̯ən] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #36,592 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Repressalien” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 17 spelling variants around Repressalien (IPA [ʁepʁɛˈsaːli̯ən]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #36,592 among 2,984 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for Repressalien, with forms such as "erpressalien", "reperssalien", and "reppressalien". 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. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Repressalien, spelled R-E-P-R-E-S-S-A-L-I-E-N.
Definition
- 1Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Repressalie
- 2Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Repressalie
- 3Dativ Plural des Substantivs Repressalie
- 4Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Repressalie
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- erpressalien
- reperssalien
- reppressalien
- represalien
- represaslien
- repressailen
- repressalein
- repressalienn
- repressaline
- repressallien
- represslaien
- repreßalien
- reprressalien
- reprsesalien
- rerpessalien
- rperessalien
- rrepressalien
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Repressalien - 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 "Repressalien", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- 17 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #36,592 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "R" letter cohort. R–Z browse
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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.