Spaziergänger
[ʃpaˈt͡siːɐ̯ˌɡɛŋɐ]
The verdict
“Spaziergänger” has 20 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #38,422. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #38,422
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 20
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Person, die einen Spaziergang macht
Corpus desk
Index DE-spazierganger · Spaziergänger · German
Spaziergänger · rank #38,422 · 20 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #38,422
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 20 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH spaces
Nearest frequency peer: spaces (-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 “Spaziergänger”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- someone
someone
61,582 corpus weight
- spaces
spaces
61,580 corpus weight
- Spaziergäng…
Spaziergänger
61,579 corpus weight
- Spitzengrup…
Spitzengruppe
61,578 corpus weight
- Staatsbesuch
Staatsbesuch
61,577 corpus weight
- Staatsschul…
Staatsschulden
61,576 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Spaziergänger” 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 | Spaziergänger |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʃpaˈt͡siːɐ̯ˌɡɛŋɐ] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #38,422 |
| Misspellings tracked | 20 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Spaziergänger” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 20 spelling variants around Spaziergänger (IPA [ʃpaˈt͡siːɐ̯ˌɡɛŋɐ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #38,422 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Person, die einen Spaziergang macht".
Our generated misspelling index lists 20 likely wrong-spelling variants for Spaziergänger, with forms such as "psaziergänger", "sapziergänger", and "spaizergänger". 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, "Spaziergang", "Spaziergänge", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Spaziergänger, spelled S-P-A-Z-I-E-R-G-Ä-N-G-E-R.
Definition
- 1Person, die einen Spaziergang macht
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Spaziergänger appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Sie mustern den späten Spaziergänger scharf.“
„Die Spatziergänger mehrten sich.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- psaziergänger
- sapziergänger
- spaizergänger
- spazeirgänger
- spaziegränger
- spazierggänger
- spaziergnäger
- spaziergägner
- spaziergänegr
- spaziergängerr
- spaziergängger
- spaziergängre
- spaziergännger
- spazierrgänger
- spazierägnger
- spaziregänger
- spazziergänger
- sppaziergänger
- spzaiergänger
- sspaziergänger
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Spaziergänger - 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 September 3, 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 "Spaziergänger", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (20 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "Spaziergänger". Here's where to go from here.
- "Spaziergänger" maps to 2 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "Spaziergang". View pair
- 20 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #38,422 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "S" letter cohort. S–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.