senkrecht
[ˈzɛŋkˌʁɛçt]
The verdict
“senkrecht” has 15 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #14,928. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #14,928
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - in einer geraden Linie von unten nach oben oder von oben nach unten verlaufend, in einem Winkel von 90 Grad auf die (idealisierte) Erdoberfläche gerichtet sein
Corpus desk
Index DE-senkrecht · senkrecht · German
senkrecht · rank #14,928 · 15 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #14,928
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH seat
Nearest frequency peer: seat (-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 “senkrecht”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Schnitte
Schnitte
85,076 corpus weight
- Schwamm
Schwamm
85,075 corpus weight
- seat
seat
85,074 corpus weight
- senkrecht
senkrecht
85,073 corpus weight
- silberne
silberne
85,072 corpus weight
- Silvia
Silvia
85,071 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “senkrecht” 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 | senkrecht |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈzɛŋkˌʁɛçt] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #14,928 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “senkrecht” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around senkrecht (IPA [ˈzɛŋkˌʁɛçt]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #14,928 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for senkrecht, with forms such as "esnkrecht", "seknrecht", and "senkercht". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "senkrechte", "senkrechten", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is senkrecht, spelled S-E-N-K-R-E-C-H-T.
Definition
- 1in einer geraden Linie von unten nach oben oder von oben nach unten verlaufend, in einem Winkel von 90 Grad auf die (idealisierte) Erdoberfläche gerichtet sein
- 2einen rechten Winkel bildend
- 3Steigerung selten, von aufrechter, rechtschaffener Gesinnung
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how senkrecht appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In der Wand befanden sich senkrechte Schlitze.
„Die einen, die eine noch vertretbare Gefahr einkalkulieren, etwa bei einer Erstbesteigung in den Anden oder im Himalaja, und die zweiten, die, nachdem die Gipfel in den Alpen ‚ausverkauft‘ seien, immer direktere, immer senkrechtere und immer sensationellere Routen suchten und damit Bergsteigen zur Akrobatik degradierten.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- esnkrecht
- seknrecht
- senkercht
- senkkrecht
- senkrceht
- senkreccht
- senkrechht
- senkrechtt
- senkrecth
- senkrehct
- senkrrecht
- sennkrecht
- senrkecht
- snekrecht
- ssenkrecht
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of senkrecht - 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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "senkrecht", 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 (15 here; floor ≥5).
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.