search
[sɛːt͡ʃ]
The verdict
“search” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #21,419. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #21,419
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die Suche
Corpus desk
Index DE-search · search · German
search · rank #21,419 · 9 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #21,419
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH sci
Nearest frequency peer: sci (-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 „search“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Schwingungen
Schwingungen
78,585 corpus weight
- schwärmen
schwärmen
78,584 corpus weight
- sci
sci
78,583 corpus weight
- search
search
78,582 corpus weight
- seelischen
seelischen
78,581 corpus weight
- Segler
Segler
78,580 corpus weight
What this shows „search“ 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 | search |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [sɛːt͡ʃ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #21,419 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „search“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around search (IPA [sɛːt͡ʃ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #21,419 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "die Suche".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for search, with forms such as "esarch", "saerch", and "seacrh". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "stach", "Storch", "Sarah", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is search, spelled S-E-A-R-C-H.
Definition
- 1die Suche
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how search appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The search in the Internet yielded no result.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- esarch
- saerch
- seacrh
- searcch
- searchh
- searhc
- searrch
- serach
- ssearch
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of search - 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 "search", 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 (9 here; floor ≥5).