Show
[ʃɔʊ̯]
The verdict
“Show” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #1,333. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,333
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vorführung eines (großen) Unterhaltungsprogramms vor Publikum (beispielsweise im Theater oder Varieté; oft in Fernsehen oder Radio übertragen), teilweise mit Informationscharakter
Corpus desk
Index DE-show · Show · German
Show · rank #1,333 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,333
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Schweizer
Nearest frequency peer: Schweizer (-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 „Show“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Merkel
Merkel
98,671 corpus weight
- relativ
relativ
98,670 corpus weight
- Schweizer
Schweizer
98,669 corpus weight
- Show
Show
98,668 corpus weight
- sitzt
sitzt
98,667 corpus weight
- spät
spät
98,666 corpus weight
What this shows „Show“ 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 | Show |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʃɔʊ̯] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #1,333 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Show“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around Show (IPA [ʃɔʊ̯]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,333 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Vorführung eines (großen) Unterhaltungsprogramms vor Publikum (beispielsweise im Theater oder Varieté; oft in Fernsehen oder Radio übertragen), teilweise mit Informationscharakter".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Show, with forms such as "hsow", "shhow", and "showw". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "so", "SW", "SPÖ", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Show, spelled S-H-O-W.
Definition
- 1Vorführung eines (großen) Unterhaltungsprogramms vor Publikum (beispielsweise im Theater oder Varieté; oft in Fernsehen oder Radio übertragen), teilweise mit Informationscharakter
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Show appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Show von Disney on Ice war wirklich wunderschön.
Die Macher der Show "Good Morning America" beschlossen, den Glamrocker aus dem Programm zu streichen.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- hsow
- shhow
- showw
- shwo
- sohw
- sshow
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Show - 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 "Show", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).