Setzung
[ˈzɛt͡sʊŋ]
The verdict
“Setzung” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #32,266. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #32,266
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - allgemein: Absenkung eines Gebäudes oder Geländes
Corpus desk
Index DE-setzung · Setzung · German
Setzung · rank #32,266 · 11 variants · 6 confusables
- FREQ-MID #32,266
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Senke
Nearest frequency peer: Senke (-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 „Setzung“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- seinesgleic…
seinesgleichen
67,738 corpus weight
- Seitenlinie
Seitenlinie
67,737 corpus weight
- Senke
Senke
67,736 corpus weight
- Setzung
Setzung
67,735 corpus weight
- shepherd
shepherd
67,734 corpus weight
- sichtbarer
sichtbarer
67,733 corpus weight
What this shows „Setzung“ 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 | Setzung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈzɛt͡sʊŋ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #32,266 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Setzung“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around Setzung (IPA [ˈzɛt͡sʊŋ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #32,266 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Setzung, with forms such as "estzung", "settzung", and "setuzng". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "Sitzung", "setzen", "Sendung", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Setzung, spelled S-E-T-Z-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1allgemein: Absenkung eines Gebäudes oder Geländes
- 2allgemein: Festlegung, Festsetzung, Verwendung von etwas
- 3unvollständiger Satz
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Setzung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Setzungen des Geländes haben große Setzrisse im Gebäude verursacht.
„Neue Spielfelder im internationalen Kräftemessen entstehen durch die Setzung von Standards und Normen.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- estzung
- settzung
- setuzng
- setznug
- setzugn
- setzungg
- setzunng
- setzzung
- seztung
- ssetzung
- stezung
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Setzung - 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.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Setzung", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).