Sauerstoff
[ˈzaʊ̯ɐˌʃtɔf]
The verdict
“Sauerstoff” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #7,525. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,525
- frequency rank, German
- 107,600
- “S” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Chalkogen mit stark oxidierender Wirkung
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Sauerstoff |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈzaʊ̯ɐˌʃtɔf] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #7,525 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Sauerstoff” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around Sauerstoff (IPA [ˈzaʊ̯ɐˌʃtɔf]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,525 among 107,600 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Sauerstoff, with forms such as "asuerstoff", "saeurstoff", and "sauerrstoff". 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. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
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 Sauerstoff, spelled S-A-U-E-R-S-T-O-F-F.
Definition
- 1Chalkogen mit stark oxidierender Wirkung
- 2farbloses, geruchloses, brandförderndes Gas; wichtiger Stoff im Stoffwechsel
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: asuerstoff,saeurstoff,sauerrstoff,sauersotff,sauersstoff,sauerstfof,sauerstof,sauersttoff,sauertsoff,sauesrtoff,saurestoff,ssauerstoff,suaerstoff
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Sauerstoff - 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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Using “Sauerstoff”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-A-U-E-R-S-T-O-F-F - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈzaʊ̯ɐˌʃtɔf] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.