Skifahren
[ˈʃiːˌfaːʁən]
The verdict
“Skifahren” has 14 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #19,390. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #19,390
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fortbewegung auf Schiern
Corpus desk
Index DE-skifahren · Skifahren · German
Skifahren · rank #19,390 · 14 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #19,390
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH snacks
Nearest frequency peer: snacks (+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 „Skifahren“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Selbstverwa…
Selbstverwaltung
80,615 corpus weight
- Selfie
Selfie
80,614 corpus weight
- separate
separate
80,613 corpus weight
- Skifahren
Skifahren
80,611 corpus weight
- snacks
snacks
80,610 corpus weight
- soliden
soliden
80,609 corpus weight
What this shows „Skifahren“ 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 | Skifahren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃiːˌfaːʁən] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #19,390 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Skifahren“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around Skifahren (IPA [ˈʃiːˌfaːʁən]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #19,390 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Fortbewegung auf Schiern".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for Skifahren, with forms such as "ksifahren", "sikfahren", and "skfiahren". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Skifahrer", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Skifahren, spelled S-K-I-F-A-H-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1Fortbewegung auf Schiern
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Skifahren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Wenn Mikaela Shiffrin übers Skifahren spricht, meint man oft, ihre Mutter Eileen zu hören, viele Sätze, viele Sprachbilder ähneln sich.“
„Ari hatte sich erst einige wenige Male auf die Pisten gewagt, aber wenn er irgendwann einmal als echter Siglufjörđuraner durchgehen wollte, war klar, dass er zumindest so tun musste, als ob ihm das Skifahren Spaß machte.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ksifahren
- sikfahren
- skfiahren
- skiafhren
- skifahern
- skifahhren
- skifahrenn
- skifahrne
- skifahrren
- skifarhen
- skiffahren
- skifharen
- skkifahren
- sskifahren
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Skifahren - 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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Skifahren", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).