survivor

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The verdict

“survivor” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #49,286. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#49,286
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemand, der etwas überstanden hat, ohne zu sterben; Überlebender, Überlebende

Corpus desk

Index DE-survivor · survivor · German

survivor · rank #49,286 · 12 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #49,286
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH surft

Nearest frequency peer: surft (-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 „survivor“

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

corpus weight

What this shows „survivor“ 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).

survivor vs TO
0% similar
survivor vs video
25% similar
survivor vs Trump
13% similar

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

Key facts for survivor
PropertyValue
Headwordsurvivor
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters8
Frequency rank#49,286
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „survivor“

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

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „surft“ (#49,285), „swimming“ (#49,288), „subtiler“ (#49,283). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „survivor“ bei #49,286. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around survivor (IPA […]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #49,286 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "jemand, der etwas überstanden hat, ohne zu sterben; Überlebender, Überlebende".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for survivor, with forms such as "sruvivor", "ssurvivor", and "surivvor". 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, "TO", "video", "Trump", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is survivor, spelled S-U-R-V-I-V-O-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    jemand, der etwas überstanden hat, ohne zu sterben; Überlebender, Überlebende

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. He is a survivor of this tragic incident.

Antonyms

dead

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • sruvivor
  • ssurvivor
  • surivvor
  • surrvivor
  • surviovr
  • survivorr
  • survivro
  • survivvor
  • survvior
  • survvivor
  • suvrivor
  • usrvivor

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

sruvivor2ssurvivor1surivvor2surrvivor1surviovr2survivorr1survivro2survivvor1
Edit distance from "survivor"

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 "survivor"?
"survivor" is spelled S-U-R-V-I-V-O-R. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "survivor" mean?
As a noun, "survivor" means: jemand, der etwas überstanden hat, ohne zu sterben; Überlebender, Überlebende
What words are commonly confused with "survivor"?
"survivor" is commonly confused with "TO", "video", "Trump". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "survivor"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "survivor" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "survivor" come from?
"survivor" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

swimming#49,288subtiler#49,283Strähnen#49,281textlich#49,300

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

Teppichen12 variantsSolistin12 variantsUmsätzen12 variantsunterzog12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list