surft

[sœːɐ̯ft]

/[sœːɐ̯ft]/ verb

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The verdict

“surft” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #49,285. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#49,285
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs surfen

Corpus desk

Index DE-surft · surft · German

surft · rank #49,285 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #49,285
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH survivor

Nearest frequency peer: survivor (+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 „surft“

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

corpus weight

What this shows „surft“ 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).

surft vs Swift
40% similar
surft vs sur
60% similar
surft vs Saft
40% similar

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

Key facts for surft
PropertyValue
Headwordsurft
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[sœːɐ̯ft]
Letters5
Frequency rank#49,285
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „surft“

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „survivor“ (#49,286), „subtiler“ (#49,283), „Subjektivität“ (#49,282). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „surft“ bei #49,285. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around surft (IPA [sœːɐ̯ft]), averb. Corpus frequency is #49,285 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for surft, with forms such as "sruft", "ssurft", and "sufrt". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Swift", "sur", "Saft", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

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 surft, spelled S-U-R-F-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs surfen
  2. 2
    3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs surfen
  3. 3
    2. Person Plural Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs surfen

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • sruft
  • ssurft
  • sufrt
  • surfft
  • surftt
  • surrft
  • surtf
  • usrft

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

sruft2ssurft1sufrt2surfft1surftt1surrft1surtf2usrft2
Edit distance from "surft"

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 "surft"?
"surft" is spelled S-U-R-F-T. The IPA pronunciation is [sœːɐ̯ft].
What does "surft" mean?
As a verb, "surft" means: 2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs surfen
What words are commonly confused with "surft"?
"surft" is commonly confused with "Swift", "sur", "Saft". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "surft"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "surft" is [sœːɐ̯ft]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "surft" come from?
"surft" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

terme#49,297trees#49,311tripp#49,312serra#49,251

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list