skeptisch

/[ˈskɛptɪʃ]/ adj

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#7,666

in German word usage

Misspellings

15

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

skeptisch is anGermanadj. It means: zum Zweifel geneigt Pronounced [ˈskɛptɪʃ]. It ranks #7,666 in German word frequency.

Key facts for skeptisch
PropertyValue
Headwordskeptisch
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ˈskɛptɪʃ]
Letters9
Frequency rank#7,666
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of skeptisch in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for skeptisch is 9 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈskɛptɪʃ]. Corpus data places it at rank #7,666 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "zum Zweifel geneigt".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 15 documented wrong-spelling variants for skeptisch, with forms such as "kseptisch", "sekptisch", and "skepitsch". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is skeptisch, spelled S-K-E-P-T-I-S-C-H, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    zum Zweifel geneigt

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: kseptisch,sekptisch,skepitsch,skepptisch,skepticsh,skeptiscch,skeptischh,skeptishc,skeptissch,skeptsich,skepttisch,sketpisch,skkeptisch,skpetisch,sskeptisch

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for skeptisch

Misspelling Variants of "skeptisch"

kseptisch9sekptisch9skepitsch9skepptisch10skepticsh9skeptiscch10skeptischh10skeptishc9
Misspelling Variants of "skeptisch"

Frequency rank: #7,666 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "skeptisch"?
"skeptisch" is spelled S-K-E-P-T-I-S-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈskɛptɪʃ].
What does "skeptisch" mean?
As an adj, "skeptisch" means: zum Zweifel geneigt
What are common misspellings of "skeptisch"?
Common misspellings include "kseptisch", "sekptisch", "skepitsch", "skepptisch", "skepticsh". The correct spelling is "skeptisch".
How do you pronounce "skeptisch"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "skeptisch" is [ˈskɛptɪʃ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "skeptisch" come from?
"skeptisch" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.