selbige
[ˈzɛlbɪɡə]
The verdict
“selbige” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #27,931. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #27,931
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum des Demonstrativpronomens selbig
Corpus desk
Index DE-selbige · selbige · German
selbige · rank #27,931 · 10 variants · 8 confusables
- FREQ-MID #27,931
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Selb
Nearest frequency peer: Selb (-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 „selbige“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Sektionen
Sektionen
72,073 corpus weight
- sekundär
sekundär
72,072 corpus weight
- Selb
Selb
72,071 corpus weight
- selbige
selbige
72,070 corpus weight
- select
select
72,069 corpus weight
- seufz
seufz
72,068 corpus weight
What this shows „selbige“ 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 | selbige |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Unknown |
| IPA | [ˈzɛlbɪɡə] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #27,931 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „selbige“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around selbige (IPA [ˈzɛlbɪɡə]), anunknown. Corpus frequency is #27,931 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for selbige, with forms such as "eslbige", "seblige", and "selbbige". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "selig", "Selfie", "seligen", 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 its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is selbige, spelled S-E-L-B-I-G-E.
Definition
- 1Nominativ Singular Femininum des Demonstrativpronomens selbig
- 2Akkusativ Singular Femininum des Demonstrativpronomens selbig
- 3Nominativ Plural des Demonstrativpronomens selbig
- 4Akkusativ Plural des Demonstrativpronomens selbig
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- eslbige
- seblige
- selbbige
- selbgie
- selbieg
- selbigge
- selibge
- sellbige
- slebige
- sselbige
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of selbige - 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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "selbige", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).