Seelsorge
[ˈzeːlˌzɔʁɡə]
The verdict
“Seelsorge” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #22,498. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #22,498
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - geistlicher Beistand für Gläubige
Corpus desk
Index DE-seelsorge · Seelsorge · German
Seelsorge · rank #22,498 · 13 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #22,498
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH sechzig
Nearest frequency peer: sechzig (-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 „Seelsorge“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Schwuchtel
Schwuchtel
77,506 corpus weight
- scooter
scooter
77,505 corpus weight
- sechzig
sechzig
77,504 corpus weight
- Seelsorge
Seelsorge
77,503 corpus weight
- selbstständ…
selbstständiger
77,502 corpus weight
- Sicherheits…
Sicherheitspolitik
77,501 corpus weight
What this shows „Seelsorge“ 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 | Seelsorge |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈzeːlˌzɔʁɡə] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #22,498 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Seelsorge“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around Seelsorge (IPA [ˈzeːlˌzɔʁɡə]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #22,498 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Seelsorge, with forms such as "eselsorge", "seellsorge", and "seelosrge". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Seelsorger", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
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 Seelsorge, spelled S-E-E-L-S-O-R-G-E.
Definition
- 1geistlicher Beistand für Gläubige
- 2Beistand für das seelische Wohlbefinden unabhängig von religiösen Bezügen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Seelsorge appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Wenn das am grünen Holz der Seelsorge gedeiht, so ist bei Medizinern allerlei möglich.“
„Auf mich hat das Jahrbuch überall da erregend gewirkt, wo es, unbekümmert um Dogmen oder Anti-Dogmen, neue Erkenntnisse und Erkenntnisweisen vorstellt, wo es sachbestimmt und sachgerecht darstellt, spekuliert oder kritisiert; und es wirkt überall da langweilig, wo in mehr oder weniger feierlicher Form die atheistische, humanistische oder rationalistische…
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- eselsorge
- seellsorge
- seelosrge
- seelsogre
- seelsoreg
- seelsorgge
- seelsorrge
- seelsroge
- seelssorge
- seeslorge
- selesorge
- selsorge
- sseelsorge
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Seelsorge - 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 "Seelsorge", 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 (13 here; floor ≥5).