sentimental
[ˌzɛntimɛnˈtaːl]
The verdict
“sentimental” has 17 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #35,444. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #35,444
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 17
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (übertrieben) empfindsam, gefühlvoll, gefühlsbetont, rührselig
Corpus desk
Index DE-sentimental · sentimental · German
sentimental · rank #35,444 · 17 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #35,444
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 17 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH selbstbewusst…
Nearest frequency peer: selbstbewusster (-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 „sentimental“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- schächten
schächten
64,560 corpus weight
- selbstbewus…
selbstbewusster
64,558 corpus weight
- sentimental
sentimental
64,557 corpus weight
- Seuchen
Seuchen
64,556 corpus weight
- Sinds
Sinds
64,555 corpus weight
- singende
singende
64,554 corpus weight
What this shows „sentimental“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sentimental |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˌzɛntimɛnˈtaːl] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #35,444 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „sentimental“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 17 spelling variants around sentimental (IPA [ˌzɛntimɛnˈtaːl]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #35,444 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "(übertrieben) empfindsam, gefühlvoll, gefühlsbetont, rührselig".
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for sentimental, with forms such as "esntimental", "senitmental", and "senntimental". 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. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is sentimental, spelled S-E-N-T-I-M-E-N-T-A-L.
Definition
- 1(übertrieben) empfindsam, gefühlvoll, gefühlsbetont, rührselig
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sentimental appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Diese Rosamunde-Pilcher-Verfilmungen sehe ich mir nicht an, die sind mir zu sentimental.
Immer wenn ich an meine Ex-Freundin denke werde ich sentimental.
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- esntimental
- senitmental
- senntimental
- sentiemntal
- sentimenatl
- sentimenntal
- sentimentall
- sentimentla
- sentimenttal
- sentimetnal
- sentimmental
- sentimnetal
- sentmiental
- senttimental
- setnimental
- snetimental
- ssentimental
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sentimental - 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 "sentimental", 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 (17 here; floor ≥5).