sorgfältige

Name: sorgfältige, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[ˈzɔʁkfɛltɪɡə]

/[ˈzɔʁkfɛltɪɡə]/ adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“sorgfältige” has 17 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #26,174. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#26,174
frequency rank, German: 107,600
“S” headwords: 17
tracked misspellings: 2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sorgfältig

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

sorgfältige vs sorgfältiger

92% similar

sorgfältige vs sorgfältig

91% similar

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

Key facts for sorgfältige
Property	Value
Headword	sorgfältige
Language	German
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	[ˈzɔʁkfɛltɪɡə]
Letters	11
Frequency rank	#26,174
Misspellings tracked	17
Confusable pairs	2
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “sorgfältige” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). sorgfältige lands here:

#26,174

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around sorgfältige (IPA [ˈzɔʁkfɛltɪɡə]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #26,174 among 107,600 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for sorgfältige, with forms such as "osrgfältige", "sogrfältige", and "sorfgältige". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "sorgfältiger", "sorgfältig", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 sorgfältige, spelled S-O-R-G-F-Ä-L-T-I-G-E.

Definition

1
Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sorgfältig
2
Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sorgfältig
3
Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sorgfältig
4
Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sorgfältig
5
Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sorgfältig
6
Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sorgfältig
7
Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sorgfältig
8
Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sorgfältig
9
Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sorgfältig

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

osrgfältige
sogrfältige
sorfgältige
sorgffältige
sorgflätige
sorgfälitge
sorgfälltige
sorgfältgie
sorgfältieg
sorgfältigge
sorgfälttige
sorgfätlige
sorggfältige
sorgäfltige
sorrgfältige
srogfältige
ssorgfältige

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

Edit distance from "sorgfältige"

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 "sorgfältige"?

"sorgfältige" is spelled S-O-R-G-F-Ä-L-T-I-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈzɔʁkfɛltɪɡə].

What does "sorgfältige" mean?

As an adjective, "sorgfältige" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sorgfältig

What words are commonly confused with "sorgfältige"?

"sorgfältige" is commonly confused with "sorgfältiger", "sorgfältig". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "sorgfältige"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sorgfältige" is [ˈzɔʁkfɛltɪɡə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "sorgfältige" come from?

"sorgfältige" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.

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Using “sorgfältige”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

The one correct German spelling is S-O-R-G-F-Ä-L-T-I-G-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Say it as [ˈzɔʁkfɛltɪɡə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
Don't mix it up with “sorgfältiger” - see the side-by-side comparison. sorgfältige vs sorgfältiger
Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words

Same frequency band

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.