Sorgfalt
[ˈzɔʁkfalt]
The verdict
“Sorgfalt” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #12,791. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #12,791
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - gewissenhaftes, wohldurchdachtes Vorgehen
Corpus desk
Index DE-sorgfalt · Sorgfalt · German
Sorgfalt · rank #12,791 · 13 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #12,791
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH seriös
Nearest frequency peer: seriös (-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 „Sorgfalt“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Schreck
Schreck
87,213 corpus weight
- Sekretär
Sekretär
87,212 corpus weight
- seriös
seriös
87,211 corpus weight
- Sorgfalt
Sorgfalt
87,210 corpus weight
- spiegeln
spiegeln
87,209 corpus weight
- spontane
spontane
87,208 corpus weight
What this shows „Sorgfalt“ 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 | Sorgfalt |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈzɔʁkfalt] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #12,791 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Sorgfalt“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around Sorgfalt (IPA [ˈzɔʁkfalt]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #12,791 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "gewissenhaftes, wohldurchdachtes Vorgehen".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Sorgfalt, with forms such as "osrgfalt", "sogrfalt", and "sorfgalt". 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, "sorgfältig", 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, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Sorgfalt, spelled S-O-R-G-F-A-L-T.
Definition
- 1gewissenhaftes, wohldurchdachtes Vorgehen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Sorgfalt appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Seit der Geschäftsführer der Hamburger Ärztekammer es sich zur Aufgabe gemacht hat, die Mediziner zu mehr Sorgfalt im Umgang mit Medikamenten zu erziehen, gerät ihre Therapiefreiheit an Grenzen.“
„Der Extremkletterer setzt sich nicht ‚todesmutig’ oder gar ‚blind’ einer ‚mörderischen Wand’ aus, sondern sichert sich mit Seil und Haken, vertraut seinen Eisen, seinem Können, seiner Sorgfalt, seiner Konzentrationsfähigkeit, seinem Selbsteinschätzungsvermögen, seinem Krisenmanagement, seiner Erfahrung.“
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- osrgfalt
- sogrfalt
- sorfgalt
- sorgaflt
- sorgfallt
- sorgfaltt
- sorgfatl
- sorgffalt
- sorgflat
- sorggfalt
- sorrgfalt
- srogfalt
- ssorgfalt
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Sorgfalt - 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.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).