sympathischer

Name: sympathischer, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[zʏmˈpaːtɪʃɐ]

/[zʏmˈpaːtɪʃɐ]/ adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“sympathischer” has 22 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #19,727. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#19,727
frequency rank, German: 107,600
“S” headwords: 22
tracked misspellings: 3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs sympathisch

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

sympathischer vs sympathisch

85% similar

sympathischer vs sympathische

92% similar

sympathischer vs sympathischen

92% similar

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

Key facts for sympathischer
Property	Value
Headword	sympathischer
Language	German
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	[zʏmˈpaːtɪʃɐ]
Letters	13
Frequency rank	#19,727
Misspellings tracked	22
Confusable pairs	3
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “sympathischer” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). sympathischer lands here:

#19,727

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 22 spelling variants around sympathischer (IPA [zʏmˈpaːtɪʃɐ]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #19,727 among 107,600 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 22 likely wrong-spelling variants for sympathischer, with forms such as "smypathischer", "ssympathischer", and "symapthischer". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "sympathisch", "sympathische", "sympathischen", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is sympathischer, spelled S-Y-M-P-A-T-H-I-S-C-H-E-R.

Definition

1
Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs sympathisch
2
Genitiv Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs sympathisch
3
Dativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs sympathisch
4
Genitiv Plural alle Genera der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs sympathisch
5
Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs sympathisch

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

smypathischer
ssympathischer
symapthischer
symmpathischer
sympahtischer
sympathhischer
sympathicsher
sympathisccher
sympathiscehr
sympathischerr
sympathischher
sympathischre
sympathishcer
sympathisscher
sympathsicher
sympatihscher
sympatthischer
symppathischer
symptahischer
sypmathischer
syympathischer
ysmpathischer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

Edit distance from "sympathischer"

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 "sympathischer"?

"sympathischer" is spelled S-Y-M-P-A-T-H-I-S-C-H-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [zʏmˈpaːtɪʃɐ].

What does "sympathischer" mean?

As an adjective, "sympathischer" means: Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs sympathisch

What words are commonly confused with "sympathischer"?

"sympathischer" is commonly confused with "sympathisch", "sympathische", "sympathischen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "sympathischer"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sympathischer" is [zʏmˈpaːtɪʃɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "sympathischer" come from?

"sympathischer" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.

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Using “sympathischer”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

The one correct German spelling is S-Y-M-P-A-T-H-I-S-C-H-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Say it as [zʏmˈpaːtɪʃɐ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
Don't mix it up with “sympathisch” - see the side-by-side comparison. sympathischer vs sympathisch
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.