suicide

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The verdict

“suicide” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #30,799. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#30,799
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Selbstmord, Suizid, Freitod

Corpus desk

Index DE-suicide · suicide · German

suicide · rank #30,799 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #30,799
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH subtile

Nearest frequency peer: subtile (-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 „suicide“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „suicide“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

suicide vs Suizid
57% similar
suicide vs TO
0% similar
suicide vs video
29% similar

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

Key facts for suicide
PropertyValue
Headwordsuicide
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters7
Frequency rank#30,799
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „suicide“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).suicideliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „subtile“ (#30,798), „Superintendent“ (#30,800), „Streits“ (#30,797). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „suicide“ bei #30,799. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around suicide (IPA […]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #30,799 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for suicide, with forms such as "siucide", "ssuicide", and "suciide". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Suizid", "TO", "video", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored 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 suicide, spelled S-U-I-C-I-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Selbstmord, Suizid, Freitod
  2. 2
    Selbstmörder, Suizidant, Suizident
  3. 3
    selbstmörderische, das heißt desaströse Aktion, die schlechte Folgen hat

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how suicide appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. One shouldn't commit suicide out of fear of death.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • siucide
  • ssuicide
  • suciide
  • suiccide
  • suicdie
  • suicidde
  • suicied
  • suiicde
  • usicide

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

siucide2ssuicide1suciide2suiccide1suicdie2suicidde1suicied2suiicde2
Edit distance from "suicide"

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 "suicide"?
"suicide" is spelled S-U-I-C-I-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "suicide" mean?
As a noun, "suicide" means: Selbstmord, Suizid, Freitod
What words are commonly confused with "suicide"?
"suicide" is commonly confused with "Suizid", "TO", "video". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "suicide"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "suicide" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "suicide" come from?
"suicide" 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 "suicide", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

subtile#30,798Streits#30,797stoppte#30,793stilles#30,790

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

Statur9 variantsSpucke9 variantsSohlen9 variantsvargas9 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list