Smartphone
[ˈsmaʁtfoːn]
The verdict
“Smartphone” has 16 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #2,517. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #2,517
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mobiltelefon, das eine deutlich gesteigerte Computerfunktionalität und Konnektivität zur Verfügung stellt
Corpus desk
Index DE-smartphone · Smartphone · German
Smartphone · rank #2,517 · 16 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-COMMON #2,517
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 16 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Silber
Nearest frequency peer: Silber (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Smartphone”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Schlaf
Schlaf
97,487 corpus weight
- Schnitt
Schnitt
97,486 corpus weight
- Silber
Silber
97,485 corpus weight
- Smartphone
Smartphone
97,484 corpus weight
- status
status
97,483 corpus weight
- story
story
97,482 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Smartphone” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | Smartphone |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈsmaʁtfoːn] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #2,517 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Smartphone” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around Smartphone (IPA [ˈsmaʁtfoːn]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,517 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Mobiltelefon, das eine deutlich gesteigerte Computerfunktionalität und Konnektivität zur Verfügung stellt".
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for Smartphone, with forms such as "msartphone", "samrtphone", and "smarpthone". 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, "Smartphones", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Smartphone, spelled S-M-A-R-T-P-H-O-N-E.
Definition
- 1Mobiltelefon, das eine deutlich gesteigerte Computerfunktionalität und Konnektivität zur Verfügung stellt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Smartphone appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ein Smartphone kann als ein Minicomputer verstanden werden.
Und übrigens: Telefonieren sollte man mit einem Smartphone auch noch können!
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- msartphone
- samrtphone
- smarpthone
- smarrtphone
- smarthpone
- smartphhone
- smartphnoe
- smartphoen
- smartphonne
- smartpohne
- smartpphone
- smarttphone
- smatrphone
- smmartphone
- smratphone
- ssmartphone
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Smartphone - 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 "Smartphone", 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 (16 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "Smartphone". Here's where to go from here.
- This headword has one recorded confusable pair with "Smartphones". View pair
- 16 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #2,517 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "S" letter cohort. S–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.