selbständig
[ˈzɛlpʃtɛndɪç]
The verdict
“selbständig” has 18 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #10,170. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,170
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 18
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ohne Hilfe anderer oder Anleitung (auskommend)
Corpus desk
Index DE-selbstandig · selbständig · German
selbständig · rank #10,170 · 18 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,170
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 18 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH schütteln
Nearest frequency peer: schütteln (-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 „selbständig“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Schuppen
Schuppen
89,834 corpus weight
- Schüssel
Schüssel
89,833 corpus weight
- schütteln
schütteln
89,832 corpus weight
- selbständig
selbständig
89,831 corpus weight
- sin
sin
89,830 corpus weight
- society
society
89,829 corpus weight
What this shows „selbständig“ 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 | selbständig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈzɛlpʃtɛndɪç] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #10,170 |
| Misspellings tracked | 18 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „selbständig“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 18 spelling variants around selbständig (IPA [ˈzɛlpʃtɛndɪç]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #10,170 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for selbständig, with forms such as "eslbständig", "seblständig", and "selbbständig". 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, "selbständige", "selbstständig", "selbständigen", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology 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 selbständig, spelled S-E-L-B-S-T-Ä-N-D-I-G.
Definition
- 1ohne Hilfe anderer oder Anleitung (auskommend)
- 2unternehmerisch oder freiberuflich tätig
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how selbständig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Jede dieser selbständigen Luftsportarten eröffnet in demselben Element eine eigene Welt.“
Synonyms
Antonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- eslbständig
- seblständig
- selbbständig
- selbsständig
- selbstnädig
- selbsttändig
- selbstädnig
- selbständdig
- selbständgi
- selbständigg
- selbstänidg
- selbstänndig
- selbsätndig
- selbtsändig
- sellbständig
- selsbtändig
- slebständig
- sselbständig
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of selbständig - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "selbständig", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (18 here; floor ≥5).