Shiva
[ˈʃiːva]
The verdict
“Shiva” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #42,814. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #42,814
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 10
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - das Prinzip der Zerstörung verkörpernder Gott des Hinduismus
Corpus desk
Index DE-shiva · Shiva · German
Shiva · rank #42,814 · 7 variants · 10 confusables
- FREQ-MID #42,814
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH signals
Nearest frequency peer: signals (+3 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 „Shiva“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Servietten
Servietten
57,193 corpus weight
- Seufzer
Seufzer
57,192 corpus weight
- Shiva
Shiva
57,187 corpus weight
- signals
signals
57,184 corpus weight
- simples
simples
57,183 corpus weight
- Sitzverteil…
Sitzverteilung
57,181 corpus weight
What this shows „Shiva“ 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 | Shiva |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃiːva] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #42,814 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 10 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Shiva“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around Shiva (IPA [ˈʃiːva]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #42,814 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "das Prinzip der Zerstörung verkörpernder Gott des Hinduismus".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Shiva, with forms such as "hsiva", "shhiva", and "shiav". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "sia", "silva", "sha", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Shiva, spelled S-H-I-V-A.
Definition
- 1das Prinzip der Zerstörung verkörpernder Gott des Hinduismus
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Shiva appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Wäre es nicht denkbar, dass die alten Götter und Erlöser wie Apollo und Isis und Shiva und Jesus, dass das alles bloß einfache Normalos sind, die mit alten Klapperkisten an Crash-Partys teilgenommen haben und so ihre ›Ursprünge gelöscht‹ haben?“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- hsiva
- shhiva
- shiav
- shivva
- shvia
- sihva
- sshiva
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Shiva - 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 "Shiva", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).