sound
[saʊnd]
The verdict
“sound” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #4,651. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #4,651
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - in Ordnung, in gutem Zustand
Corpus desk
Index DE-sound · sound · German
sound · rank #4,651 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #4,651
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Sir
Nearest frequency peer: Sir (-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 „sound“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- sicherer
sicherer
95,353 corpus weight
- singt
singt
95,352 corpus weight
- Sir
Sir
95,351 corpus weight
- sound
sound
95,350 corpus weight
- Spruch
Spruch
95,349 corpus weight
- stattfindet
stattfindet
95,348 corpus weight
What this shows „sound“ 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 | sound |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [saʊnd] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #4,651 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „sound“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around sound (IPA [saʊnd]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #4,651 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "in Ordnung, in gutem Zustand".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for sound, with forms such as "osund", "sonud", and "soudn". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Süd", "Sun", "sung", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 sound, spelled S-O-U-N-D.
Definition
- 1in Ordnung, in gutem Zustand
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- osund
- sonud
- soudn
- soundd
- sounnd
- ssound
- suond
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sound - 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.
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 "sound", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).