selbstständige
[ˈzɛlpstʃtɛndɪɡə]
The verdict
“selbstständige” has 23 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #11,750. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #11,750
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 23
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs selbstständig
Corpus desk
Index DE-selbststandige · selbstständige · German
selbstständige · rank #11,750 · 23 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-MID #11,750
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 23 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Schätzungen
Nearest frequency peer: Schätzungen (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “selbstständige”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- schrittweise
schrittweise
88,254 corpus weight
- Schätzung
Schätzung
88,253 corpus weight
- Schätzungen
Schätzungen
88,252 corpus weight
- selbstständ…
selbstständige
88,251 corpus weight
- short
short
88,250 corpus weight
- sic
sic
88,249 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “selbstständige” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | selbstständige |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈzɛlpstʃtɛndɪɡə] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #11,750 |
| Misspellings tracked | 23 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “selbstständige” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 23 spelling variants around selbstständige (IPA [ˈzɛlpstʃtɛndɪɡə]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #11,750 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 23 likely wrong-spelling variants for selbstständige, with forms such as "eslbstständige", "seblstständige", and "selbbstständige". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "selbstständigen", "selbstständiger", "selbstständiges", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is selbstständige, spelled S-E-L-B-S-T-S-T-Ä-N-D-I-G-E.
Definition
- 1Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs selbstständig
- 2Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs selbstständig
- 3Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs selbstständig
- 4Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs selbstständig
- 5Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs selbstständig
- 6Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs selbstständig
- 7Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs selbstständig
- 8Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs selbstständig
- 9Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs selbstständig
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- eslbstständige
- seblstständige
- selbbstständige
- selbsstständige
- selbssttändige
- selbstsständige
- selbststnädige
- selbststtändige
- selbststädnige
- selbstständdige
- selbstständgie
- selbstständieg
- selbstständigge
- selbststänidge
- selbststänndige
- selbstsätndige
- selbsttständige
- selbsttsändige
- selbtsständige
- sellbstständige
- selsbtständige
- slebstständige
- sselbstständige
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of selbstständige - 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "selbstständige", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (23 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- "selbstständige" maps to 5 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "selbstständigen". View pair
- 23 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #11,750 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "S" letter cohort. S–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.