Skyline
[ˈskaɪ̯laɪ̯n]
The verdict
“Skyline” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #26,172. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #26,172
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Silhouette einer Stadt, aus der Ferne betrachtet
Corpus desk
Index DE-skyline · Skyline · German
Skyline · rank #26,172 · 11 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #26,172
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH skill
Nearest frequency peer: skill (-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 „Skyline“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- siebzehn
siebzehn
73,832 corpus weight
- simuliert
simuliert
73,831 corpus weight
- skill
skill
73,830 corpus weight
- Skyline
Skyline
73,829 corpus weight
- sorgfältige
sorgfältige
73,827 corpus weight
- speech
speech
73,826 corpus weight
What this shows „Skyline“ 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 | Skyline |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈskaɪ̯laɪ̯n] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #26,172 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Skyline“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around Skyline (IPA [ˈskaɪ̯laɪ̯n]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #26,172 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Silhouette einer Stadt, aus der Ferne betrachtet".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Skyline, with forms such as "ksyline", "skkyline", and "sklyine". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "styling", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Skyline, spelled S-K-Y-L-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1Silhouette einer Stadt, aus der Ferne betrachtet
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Skyline appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Von der Staten Island Ferry hat man einen atemberaubenden Blick auf die Skyline von Manhattan.
Der Bildband zeigt Skylines unterschiedlicher Städte.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ksyline
- skkyline
- sklyine
- skyilne
- skylien
- skylinne
- skylline
- skylnie
- skyyline
- sskyline
- sykline
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Skyline - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 "Skyline", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).