simulieren
[zimuˈliːʁən]
The verdict
“simulieren” has 14 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #23,707. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #23,707
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sich verstellen, etwas vortäuschen
Corpus desk
Index DE-simulieren · simulieren · German
simulieren · rank #23,707 · 14 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #23,707
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Silhouette
Nearest frequency peer: Silhouette (-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 „simulieren“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Sequenzen
Sequenzen
76,298 corpus weight
- Siegerehrung
Siegerehrung
76,296 corpus weight
- Silhouette
Silhouette
76,295 corpus weight
- simulieren
simulieren
76,294 corpus weight
- size
size
76,292 corpus weight
- soap
soap
76,290 corpus weight
What this shows „simulieren“ 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 | simulieren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [zimuˈliːʁən] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #23,707 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „simulieren“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around simulieren (IPA [zimuˈliːʁən]), averb. Corpus frequency is #23,707 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for simulieren, with forms such as "ismulieren", "simluieren", and "simmulieren". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "simuliert", "stimulieren", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is simulieren, spelled S-I-M-U-L-I-E-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1sich verstellen, etwas vortäuschen
- 2bestimmte Vorgänge nachahmen, nachbilden
- 3über etwas nachsinnen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how simulieren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich simuliere einen Herzinfarkt.
Er simuliert nur.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ismulieren
- simluieren
- simmulieren
- simuileren
- simuleiren
- simulieern
- simulierenn
- simulierne
- simulierren
- simulireen
- simullieren
- siumlieren
- smiulieren
- ssimulieren
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of simulieren - 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 "simulieren", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).