survey
[səˈveɪ]
The verdict
“survey” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #31,290. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #31,290
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Übersicht, Überblick
Corpus desk
Index DE-survey · survey · German
survey · rank #31,290 · 9 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #31,290
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH sum
Nearest frequency peer: sum (-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 „survey“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Sturms
Sturms
68,714 corpus weight
- Suchmaschin…
Suchmaschinenoptimierung
68,713 corpus weight
- sum
sum
68,712 corpus weight
- survey
survey
68,711 corpus weight
- Svenja
Svenja
68,710 corpus weight
- Synagogen
Synagogen
68,709 corpus weight
What this shows „survey“ 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 | survey |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [səˈveɪ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #31,290 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „survey“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around survey (IPA [səˈveɪ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #31,290 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for survey, with forms such as "sruvey", "ssurvey", and "surevy". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "Sure", "Server", "surfen", 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 pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is survey, spelled S-U-R-V-E-Y.
Definition
- 1Übersicht, Überblick
- 2Prüfung
- 3Schätzung
- 4Vermessung, Feldmessen
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- sruvey
- ssurvey
- surevy
- surrvey
- surveyy
- survvey
- survye
- suvrey
- usrvey
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of survey - 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 "survey", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).