smash
[smæʃ]
The verdict
“smash” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #32,274. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #32,274
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 12
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs smashen
Corpus desk
Index DE-smash · smash · German
smash · rank #32,274 · 8 variants · 12 confusables
- FREQ-MID #32,274
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Silvesternacht
Nearest frequency peer: Silvesternacht (-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 „smash“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- siebzig
siebzig
67,730 corpus weight
- Siegmund
Siegmund
67,729 corpus weight
- Silvesterna…
Silvesternacht
67,728 corpus weight
- smash
smash
67,727 corpus weight
- sommerlichen
sommerlichen
67,726 corpus weight
- sowjetischer
sowjetischer
67,725 corpus weight
What this shows „smash“ 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 | smash |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [smæʃ] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #32,274 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 12 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „smash“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around smash (IPA [smæʃ]), averb. Corpus frequency is #32,274 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs smashen".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for smash, with forms such as "msash", "samsh", and "smahs". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "SMS", "Spass", "smith", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is smash, spelled S-M-A-S-H.
Definition
- 12. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs smashen
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- msash
- samsh
- smahs
- smashh
- smassh
- smmash
- smsah
- ssmash
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of smash - 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 "smash", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).