Syphilis
[ˈzyːfilɪs]
The verdict
“Syphilis” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #30,802. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #30,802
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine ansteckende Geschlechtskrankheit, die von Bakterien (Treponema pallidum) verursacht und zwischen Menschen über die Schleimhäute übertragen wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-syphilis · Syphilis · German
Syphilis · rank #30,802 · 13 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #30,802
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Superintendent
Nearest frequency peer: Superintendent (-2 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 „Syphilis“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- subtile
subtile
69,203 corpus weight
- suicide
suicide
69,202 corpus weight
- Superintend…
Superintendent
69,201 corpus weight
- Syphilis
Syphilis
69,199 corpus weight
- Säugetiere
Säugetiere
69,197 corpus weight
- takes
takes
69,196 corpus weight
What this shows „Syphilis“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Syphilis |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈzyːfilɪs] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #30,802 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Syphilis“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around Syphilis (IPA [ˈzyːfilɪs]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #30,802 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "eine ansteckende Geschlechtskrankheit, die von Bakterien (Treponema pallidum) verursacht und zwischen Menschen über die Schleimhäute übertragen wird".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Syphilis, with forms such as "spyhilis", "ssyphilis", and "syhpilis". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Syphilis, spelled S-Y-P-H-I-L-I-S.
Definition
- 1eine ansteckende Geschlechtskrankheit, die von Bakterien (Treponema pallidum) verursacht und zwischen Menschen über die Schleimhäute übertragen wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Syphilis appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Durch die Anwendung von Kondomen beim Geschlechtsverkehr kann die Übertragungswahrscheinlichkeit der Syphilis wesentlich verringert werden.
„Die Schuldgefühle, die den Komponisten wegen seiner Syphilis beschwerten, nagten an ihm.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- spyhilis
- ssyphilis
- syhpilis
- syphhilis
- syphiils
- syphiliss
- syphillis
- syphilsi
- syphliis
- sypihlis
- sypphilis
- syyphilis
- ysphilis
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Syphilis - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "Syphilis", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).