sorgfältiger

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

[ˈzɔʁkfɛltɪɡɐ]

/[ˈzɔʁkfɛltɪɡɐ]/ adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“sorgfältiger” has 19 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #26,617. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#26,617
frequency rank, German: 8,027
“S” headwords: 19
tracked misspellings: 2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sorgfältig

Corpus desk

Index DE-sorgfaltiger · sorgfältiger · German

sorgfältiger · rank #26,617 · 19 variants · 2 confusables

FREQ-MID #26,617
LEN-MEGA 12 letters
VOW-4 4 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
VAR-HIGH 19 variants
BOOK-DENSE 8,027
PHOTO-FINISH spendiert

Nearest frequency peer: spendiert (+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.

Sirenen

73,388
sleep

73,387
Sommermonat…

73,386
sorgfältiger

73,384
spendiert

73,383
Spielsachen

73,382

What this shows „sorgfältiger“ 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).

sorgfältiger vs sorgfältig

83% similar

sorgfältiger vs sorgfältige

92% similar

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

Key facts for sorgfältiger
Property	Value
Headword	sorgfältiger
Language	German
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	[ˈzɔʁkfɛltɪɡɐ]
Letters	12
Frequency rank	#26,617
Misspellings tracked	19
Confusable pairs	2
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „sorgfältiger“

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

#26,617

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

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „spendiert“ (#26,618), „Sommermonaten“ (#26,615), „Spielsachen“ (#26,619). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „sorgfältiger“ bei #26,617. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 19 spelling variants around sorgfältiger (IPA [ˈzɔʁkfɛltɪɡɐ]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #26,617 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for sorgfältiger, with forms such as "osrgfältiger", "sogrfältiger", and "sorfgältiger". 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, "sorgfältig", "sorgfältige", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is sorgfältiger, spelled S-O-R-G-F-Ä-L-T-I-G-E-R.

Definition

1
Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sorgfältig
2
Genitiv Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sorgfältig
3
Dativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sorgfältig
4
Genitiv Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sorgfältig
5
Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sorgfältig

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

osrgfältiger
sogrfältiger
sorfgältiger
sorgffältiger
sorgflätiger
sorgfälitger
sorgfälltiger
sorgfältgier
sorgfältiegr
sorgfältigerr
sorgfältigger
sorgfältigre
sorgfälttiger
sorgfätliger
sorggfältiger
sorgäfltiger
sorrgfältiger
srogfältiger
ssorgfältiger

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sorgfältiger - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

Edit distance from "sorgfältiger"

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 "sorgfältiger"?

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

What does "sorgfältiger" mean?

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

What words are commonly confused with "sorgfältiger"?

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

How do you pronounce "sorgfältiger"?

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

What language does "sorgfältiger" come from?

"sorgfältiger" 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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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

steuerlichen#26,627 romantischer#26,593 relativieren#26,590 Rechtsmittel#26,585

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (19 here; floor ≥5).

unwesentlich19 variants verunglückte19 variants Verwunderung19 variants Nominierungen19 variants