symbolisch

/[ˌzʏmˈboːlɪʃ]/ adj

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#14,946

in German word usage

Misspellings

17

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

symbolisch is anGermanadj. It means: sinnbildlich, ein Sinnbild darstellend oder enthaltend Pronounced [ˌzʏmˈboːlɪʃ]. Often confused with symbolische and symbolischen.

Key facts for symbolisch
PropertyValue
Headwordsymbolisch
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ˌzʏmˈboːlɪʃ]
Letters10
Frequency rank#14,946
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of symbolisch in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for symbolisch is 10 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˌzʏmˈboːlɪʃ]. Corpus data places it at rank #14,946 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "sinnbildlich, ein Sinnbild darstellend oder enthaltend".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 17 documented wrong-spelling variants for symbolisch, with forms such as "smybolisch", "ssymbolisch", and "sybmolisch". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "symbolische", "symbolischen", "symbolischer", 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is symbolisch, spelled S-Y-M-B-O-L-I-S-C-H, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    sinnbildlich, ein Sinnbild darstellend oder enthaltend

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

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for symbolisch

Misspelling Variants of "symbolisch"

smybolisch10ssymbolisch11sybmolisch10symbbolisch11symbloisch10symboilsch10symbolicsh10symboliscch11
Misspelling Variants of "symbolisch"

Frequency rank: #14,946 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "symbolisch"?
"symbolisch" is spelled S-Y-M-B-O-L-I-S-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is [ˌzʏmˈboːlɪʃ].
What does "symbolisch" mean?
As an adj, "symbolisch" means: sinnbildlich, ein Sinnbild darstellend oder enthaltend
What words are commonly confused with "symbolisch"?
"symbolisch" is commonly confused with "symbolische", "symbolischen", "symbolischer". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "symbolisch"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "symbolisch" is [ˌzʏmˈboːlɪʃ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "symbolisch" come from?
"symbolisch" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.