sorgen
[ˈzɔʁɡn̩]
The verdict
“sorgen” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #737. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #737
- frequency rank, German
- 107,600
- “S” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - sich ernsthaft Gedanken machen zu etwas/jemandem, etwas befürchten, was jemanden betrifft
Corpus desk
Index DE-sorgen · sorgen · German
sorgen · rank #737 · 9 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #737
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 107,600
- PHOTO-FINISH sah
Nearest frequency peer: sah (-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 “sorgen”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Kunst
Kunst
99,267 corpus weight
- Mitarbeiter
Mitarbeiter
99,266 corpus weight
- sah
sah
99,265 corpus weight
- sorgen
sorgen
99,264 corpus weight
- Sprache
Sprache
99,263 corpus weight
- verloren
verloren
99,262 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “sorgen” 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 | sorgen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈzɔʁɡn̩] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #737 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sorgen” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around sorgen (IPA [ˈzɔʁɡn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #737 among 107,600 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for sorgen, with forms such as "osrgen", "sogren", and "soregn". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "sorgt", "sorte", "Syrien", 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 its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is sorgen, spelled S-O-R-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1sich ernsthaft Gedanken machen zu etwas/jemandem, etwas befürchten, was jemanden betrifft
- 2für jemanden sorgen: sich um das Wohl von jemandem oder etwas bemühen
- 3etwas machen, schaffen, veranlassen; veranlassen, dass etwas geschehe
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sorgen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Man muss sich nicht um jede Kleinigkeit sorgen.
Die Mutter sorgt sich um ihr Kind, dessen Ankunft überfällig ist.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- osrgen
- sogren
- soregn
- sorgenn
- sorggen
- sorgne
- sorrgen
- srogen
- ssorgen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sorgen - 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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "sorgen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).
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.