sprichwörtlich
[ˈʃpʁɪçˌvœʁtlɪç]
The verdict
“sprichwörtlich” has 24 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #30,779. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #30,779
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 24
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - in einer feststehenden Floskel verwendet
Corpus desk
Index DE-sprichwortlich · sprichwörtlich · German
sprichwörtlich · rank #30,779 · 24 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #30,779
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 24 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Sprachkurse
Nearest frequency peer: Sprachkurse (-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 „sprichwörtlich“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Spitzel
Spitzel
69,225 corpus weight
- Spitzenkand…
Spitzenkandidatin
69,224 corpus weight
- Sprachkurse
Sprachkurse
69,223 corpus weight
- sprichwörtl…
sprichwörtlich
69,222 corpus weight
- Spucke
Spucke
69,221 corpus weight
- Staatschef
Staatschef
69,219 corpus weight
What this shows „sprichwörtlich“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sprichwörtlich |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈʃpʁɪçˌvœʁtlɪç] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #30,779 |
| Misspellings tracked | 24 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „sprichwörtlich“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 24 spelling variants around sprichwörtlich (IPA [ˈʃpʁɪçˌvœʁtlɪç]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #30,779 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 24 likely wrong-spelling variants for sprichwörtlich, with forms such as "psrichwörtlich", "spirchwörtlich", and "spprichwörtlich". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is sprichwörtlich, spelled S-P-R-I-C-H-W-Ö-R-T-L-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1in einer feststehenden Floskel verwendet
- 2als geradezu typisch angesehen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sprichwörtlich appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die einzige Ausnahme stellt ein Zitat aus Menander in 1Kor 15,33 dar, das allerdings zu dieser Zeit schon lange sprichwörtlich verwendet wurde.“
„Die sprichwörtliche Liebe auf den ersten Blick wird es bei mir wohl nicht sein.“
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- psrichwörtlich
- spirchwörtlich
- spprichwörtlich
- sprcihwörtlich
- spricchwörtlich
- sprichhwörtlich
- sprichwrötlich
- sprichwwörtlich
- sprichwörltich
- sprichwörrtlich
- sprichwörtilch
- sprichwörtlcih
- sprichwörtlicch
- sprichwörtlichh
- sprichwörtlihc
- sprichwörtllich
- sprichwörttlich
- sprichwötrlich
- sprichöwrtlich
- spricwhörtlich
- sprihcwörtlich
- sprrichwörtlich
- srpichwörtlich
- ssprichwörtlich
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sprichwörtlich - 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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "sprichwörtlich", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
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