schlampig
[ˈʃlampɪç]
The verdict
“schlampig” has 15 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #32,252. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #32,252
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ungepflegt, unordentlich
Corpus desk
Index DE-schlampig · schlampig · German
schlampig · rank #32,252 · 15 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #32,252
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Schilddrüse
Nearest frequency peer: Schilddrüse (-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 „schlampig“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- scheel
scheel
67,751 corpus weight
- Schilddrüse
Schilddrüse
67,750 corpus weight
- schlampig
schlampig
67,749 corpus weight
- schleich
schleich
67,748 corpus weight
- Schluchten
Schluchten
67,747 corpus weight
- Schmuckstüc…
Schmuckstücke
67,746 corpus weight
What this shows „schlampig“ 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 | schlampig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈʃlampɪç] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #32,252 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „schlampig“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around schlampig (IPA [ˈʃlampɪç]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #32,252 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for schlampig, with forms such as "cshlampig", "scchlampig", and "schalmpig". 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, "schwammig", "Schlampe", "Schlampen", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is schlampig, spelled S-C-H-L-A-M-P-I-G.
Definition
- 1ungepflegt, unordentlich
- 2nachlässig, ohne Sorgfalt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how schlampig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sein schlampiges Äußeres lässt nichts Gutes erwarten.
„Sie war so unglaublich schillernd und elegant, daß Isabel sich daneben schlampig und langweilig vorkam.“
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cshlampig
- scchlampig
- schalmpig
- schhlampig
- schlamipg
- schlammpig
- schlampgi
- schlampigg
- schlamppig
- schlapmig
- schllampig
- schlmapig
- sclhampig
- shclampig
- sschlampig
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of schlampig - 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 "schlampig", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).