sonderbar
[ˈzɔndɐˌbaːɐ̯]
The verdict
“sonderbar” has 14 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #29,336. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #29,336
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sich im Vergleich abhebend, einen unterschiedlichen Charakter besitzend, durch Absonderung entstanden oder entstehend
Corpus desk
Index DE-sonderbar · sonderbar · German
sonderbar · rank #29,336 · 14 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #29,336
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Softwareentwi…
Nearest frequency peer: Softwareentwickler (-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 „sonderbar“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Sinsheim
Sinsheim
70,669 corpus weight
- Skorpion
Skorpion
70,667 corpus weight
- Softwareent…
Softwareentwickler
70,666 corpus weight
- sonderbar
sonderbar
70,665 corpus weight
- sous
sous
70,664 corpus weight
- Spatenstich
Spatenstich
70,663 corpus weight
What this shows „sonderbar“ 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 | sonderbar |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈzɔndɐˌbaːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #29,336 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „sonderbar“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around sonderbar (IPA [ˈzɔndɐˌbaːɐ̯]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #29,336 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "sich im Vergleich abhebend, einen unterschiedlichen Charakter besitzend, durch Absonderung entstanden oder entstehend".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for sonderbar, with forms such as "osnderbar", "snoderbar", and "sodnerbar". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "sonderbare", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is sonderbar, spelled S-O-N-D-E-R-B-A-R.
Definition
- 1sich im Vergleich abhebend, einen unterschiedlichen Charakter besitzend, durch Absonderung entstanden oder entstehend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sonderbar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Im Grunde ist jeder Mensch sonderbar.
„Brechts Lehrtheater ist ein Welttheater, in welchem die unendliche Welt sonderbar klein und viereckig geworden ist: etwas größer vielleicht als eine Zigarrenkiste, kaum größer als eine deutsche Schulstube.“
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- osnderbar
- snoderbar
- sodnerbar
- sondderbar
- sondebrar
- sonderabr
- sonderbarr
- sonderbbar
- sonderbra
- sonderrbar
- sondrebar
- sonedrbar
- sonnderbar
- ssonderbar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sonderbar - 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 "sonderbar", 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).