skeptisch
[ˈskɛptɪʃ]
The verdict
“skeptisch” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #7,666 in German word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #7,666
- frequency rank, German
- 9
- letters
- 15
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - zum Zweifel geneigt
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | skeptisch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈskɛptɪʃ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #7,666 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “skeptisch” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for skeptisch is 9 letters long, classified as an adjective, 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 generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for skeptisch, with forms such as "kseptisch", "sekptisch", and "skepitsch". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is skeptisch, spelled S-K-E-P-T-I-S-C-H.
Definition
- 1zum 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
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of skeptisch - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “skeptisch”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-K-E-P-T-I-S-C-H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈskɛptɪʃ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.