symbolisch
[ˌzʏmˈboːlɪʃ]
The verdict
“symbolisch” has 17 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #14,946. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #14,946
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 17
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sinnbildlich, ein Sinnbild darstellend oder enthaltend
Corpus desk
Index DE-symbolisch · symbolisch · German
symbolisch · rank #14,946 · 17 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #14,946
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 17 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Sushi
Nearest frequency peer: Sushi (-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 „symbolisch“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- storm
storm
85,058 corpus weight
- streicht
streicht
85,057 corpus weight
- Sushi
Sushi
85,056 corpus weight
- symbolisch
symbolisch
85,055 corpus weight
- Symptom
Symptom
85,054 corpus weight
- Tauber
Tauber
85,053 corpus weight
What this shows „symbolisch“ 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 | symbolisch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˌzʏmˈboːlɪʃ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #14,946 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „symbolisch“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 17 spelling variants around symbolisch (IPA [ˌzʏmˈboːlɪʃ]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #14,946 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "sinnbildlich, ein Sinnbild darstellend oder enthaltend".
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for symbolisch, with forms such as "smybolisch", "ssymbolisch", and "sybmolisch". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "symbolische", "symbolischen", "symbolischer", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is symbolisch, spelled S-Y-M-B-O-L-I-S-C-H.
Definition
- 1sinnbildlich, ein Sinnbild darstellend oder enthaltend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how symbolisch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Festakt ist eine symbolische Handlung, er soll das Andenken erhalten.
Dieses Bild ist eine symbolische Darstellung des […].
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- smybolisch
- ssymbolisch
- sybmolisch
- symbbolisch
- symbloisch
- symboilsch
- symbolicsh
- symboliscch
- symbolischh
- symbolishc
- symbolissch
- symbollisch
- symbolsich
- symmbolisch
- symoblisch
- syymbolisch
- ysmbolisch
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of symbolisch - 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 "symbolisch", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).