selektiv
[zelɛkˈtiːf]
The verdict
“selektiv” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #33,289. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #33,289
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Auswahl treffend und deshalb nur bestimmt Dinge betreffend, die den Auswahlkriterien entsprechen
Corpus desk
Index DE-selektiv · selektiv · German
selektiv · rank #33,289 · 12 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #33,289
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH selbstgemachte
Nearest frequency peer: selbstgemachte (-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 „selektiv“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Seehofers
Seehofers
66,715 corpus weight
- Seeleute
Seeleute
66,714 corpus weight
- selbstgemac…
selbstgemachte
66,713 corpus weight
- selektiv
selektiv
66,712 corpus weight
- Senatorin
Senatorin
66,711 corpus weight
- sera
sera
66,710 corpus weight
What this shows „selektiv“ 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 | selektiv |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [zelɛkˈtiːf] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #33,289 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „selektiv“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around selektiv (IPA [zelɛkˈtiːf]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #33,289 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "eine Auswahl treffend und deshalb nur bestimmt Dinge betreffend, die den Auswahlkriterien entsprechen".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for selektiv, with forms such as "eslektiv", "seelktiv", and "selekitv". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "selektive", "Selektion", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is selektiv, spelled S-E-L-E-K-T-I-V.
Definition
- 1eine Auswahl treffend und deshalb nur bestimmt Dinge betreffend, die den Auswahlkriterien entsprechen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how selektiv appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Und dies, obwohl das deutsche Schulsystem im Hinblick auf die Differenzierung leistungsstärkerer und —schwächerer Schüler am selektivsten ist.
Er hat von den Vorgängen leider nur eine selektive Wahrnehmung, er nimmt nur zur Kenntnis, was er auch sehen möchte.
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- eslektiv
- seelktiv
- selekitv
- selekktiv
- selektivv
- selekttiv
- selektvi
- seletkiv
- selketiv
- sellektiv
- sleektiv
- sselektiv
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of selektiv - 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 "selektiv", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).