Rommel
[ˈʁɔml̩]
The verdict
“Rommel” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #25,288. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #25,288
- frequency rank, German
- 2,984
- “R” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - deutscher Nachname, Familienname
Corpus desk
Index DE-rommel · Rommel · German
Rommel · rank #25,288 · 7 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #25,288
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,984
- PHOTO-FINISH Rome
Nearest frequency peer: Rome (-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 „Rommel“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- rette
rette
74,716 corpus weight
- Rieger
Rieger
74,715 corpus weight
- Rome
Rome
74,714 corpus weight
- Rommel
Rommel
74,713 corpus weight
- rothaarige
rothaarige
74,711 corpus weight
- runner
runner
74,709 corpus weight
What this shows „Rommel“ 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 | Rommel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈʁɔml̩] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #25,288 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Rommel“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around Rommel (IPA [ˈʁɔml̩]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #25,288 among 2,984 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "deutscher Nachname, Familienname".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Rommel, with forms such as "ormmel", "rmomel", and "romel". 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, "Rummel", "Rome", "Römer", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Rommel, spelled R-O-M-M-E-L.
Definition
- 1deutscher Nachname, Familienname
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ormmel
- rmomel
- romel
- romeml
- rommell
- rommle
- rrommel
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Rommel - 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 "Rommel", 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).