Seuche
[ˈzɔɪ̯çə]
The verdict
“Seuche” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #16,545. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #16,545
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 16
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Infektionskrankheit, die in der Form einer Epidemie oder in der Form einer Pandemie bei Mensch oder Tier auftritt
Corpus desk
Index DE-seuche · Seuche · German
Seuche · rank #16,545 · 8 variants · 16 confusables
- FREQ-MID #16,545
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Sepp
Nearest frequency peer: Sepp (-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 „Seuche“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Schotten
Schotten
83,459 corpus weight
- Schwan
Schwan
83,458 corpus weight
- Sepp
Sepp
83,457 corpus weight
- Seuche
Seuche
83,456 corpus weight
- Sevilla
Sevilla
83,455 corpus weight
- Sicherheits…
Sicherheitsgründen
83,454 corpus weight
What this shows „Seuche“ 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 | Seuche |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈzɔɪ̯çə] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #16,545 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 16 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Seuche“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around Seuche (IPA [ˈzɔɪ̯çə]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #16,545 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Infektionskrankheit, die in der Form einer Epidemie oder in der Form einer Pandemie bei Mensch oder Tier auftritt".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Seuche, with forms such as "esuche", "secuhe", and "seucche". 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 16 confusable-pair relationships, "such", "Suche", "Sucht", 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 Seuche, spelled S-E-U-C-H-E.
Definition
- 1Infektionskrankheit, die in der Form einer Epidemie oder in der Form einer Pandemie bei Mensch oder Tier auftritt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Seuche appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Nur 145 Menschen sind nach derzeitigem Kenntnisstand an der Seuche gestorben.“
„Die Folgen einer großen Seuche, die weite Bevölkerungsteile dezimierte, sowie der Einfall der Markomannen überschatteten sein Principat.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- esuche
- secuhe
- seucche
- seuceh
- seuchhe
- seuhce
- sseuche
- sueche
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Seuche - 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 "Seuche", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).