smith

[smɪθ]

/[smɪθ]/ noun

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The verdict

“smith” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #5,424. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,424
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Schmied

Corpus desk

Index DE-smith · smith · German

smith · rank #5,424 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,424
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Schrank

Nearest frequency peer: Schrank (-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 „smith“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „smith“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

smith vs somit
60% similar
smith vs Stich
40% similar
smith vs Suite
40% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for smith
PropertyValue
Headwordsmith
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[smɪθ]
Letters5
Frequency rank#5,424
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „smith“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.smithliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Schrank“ (#5,423), „sonstigen“ (#5,425), „Sau“ (#5,422). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „smith“ bei #5,424. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around smith (IPA [smɪθ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,424 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Schmied".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for smith, with forms such as "msith", "simth", and "smiht". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "somit", "Stich", "Suite", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is smith, spelled S-M-I-T-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    Schmied

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how smith appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. "The humblest village smith will add his testimony to mine."

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • msith
  • simth
  • smiht
  • smithh
  • smitth
  • smmith
  • smtih
  • ssmith

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of smith - 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.

msith2simth2smiht2smithh1smitth1smmith1smtih2ssmith1
Edit distance from "smith"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "smith"?
"smith" is spelled S-M-I-T-H. The IPA pronunciation is [smɪθ].
What does "smith" mean?
As a noun, "smith" means: Schmied
What words are commonly confused with "smith"?
"smith" is commonly confused with "somit", "Stich", "Suite". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "smith"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "smith" is [smɪθ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "smith" come from?
"smith" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "smith", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

times#5,431Reife#5,416Todes#5,432Treue#5,433

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

Trick8 variantsVision8 variantsnervt8 variantsMotive8 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list