Silo
[ˈziːlo]
The verdict
“Silo” has 5 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #44,225. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #44,225
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - turmähnliches Gebäude insbesondere zur Lagerung von Getreide, Kohlen oder Zement
Corpus desk
Index DE-silo · Silo · German
Silo · rank #44,225 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #44,225
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH signierte
Nearest frequency peer: signierte (-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 „Silo“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- sibirischen
sibirischen
55,779 corpus weight
- Sicherheits…
Sicherheitskonzept
55,778 corpus weight
- signierte
signierte
55,777 corpus weight
- Silo
Silo
55,776 corpus weight
- Sixpack
Sixpack
55,775 corpus weight
- Skat
Skat
55,774 corpus weight
What this shows „Silo“ 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 | Silo |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈziːlo] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #44,225 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Silo“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around Silo (IPA [ˈziːlo]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #44,225 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "turmähnliches Gebäude insbesondere zur Lagerung von Getreide, Kohlen oder Zement".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for Silo, with forms such as "islo", "sillo", and "siol". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "so", "SPÖ", "Sir", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Silo, spelled S-I-L-O.
Definition
- 1turmähnliches Gebäude insbesondere zur Lagerung von Getreide, Kohlen oder Zement
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Silo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das Getreide wurde in sechs Silos aufbewahrt.
„Einen dieser Erdkeller haben Archäologen im Keltendorf Hochdorf rekonstruiert: Der Erdkeller war, inklusive des röhrenförmigen Halses, 1,20 m tief, der Silo maß auf der Sohle 1,85 m im Durchmesser.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- islo
- sillo
- siol
- slio
- ssilo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Silo - 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 "Silo", 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 (5 here; floor ≥5).