tadellos
[ˈtaːdl̩loːs]
The verdict
“tadellos” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #27,081. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #27,081
- frequency rank, German
- 35,386
- “T” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ohne Fehler oder Mängel
Corpus desk
Index DE-tadellos · tadellos · German
tadellos · rank #27,081 · 10 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #27,081
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 35,386
- PHOTO-FINISH südwestlich
Nearest frequency peer: südwestlich (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “tadellos”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- synchron
synchron
72,923 corpus weight
- Südost
Südost
72,922 corpus weight
- südwestlich
südwestlich
72,921 corpus weight
- tadellos
tadellos
72,920 corpus weight
- tatkräftig
tatkräftig
72,918 corpus weight
- Tegernsee
Tegernsee
72,917 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “tadellos” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | tadellos |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈtaːdl̩loːs] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #27,081 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tadellos” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around tadellos (IPA [ˈtaːdl̩loːs]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #27,081 among 35,386 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "ohne Fehler oder Mängel".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for tadellos, with forms such as "atdellos", "taddellos", and "tadelloss". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "tatenlos", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 tadellos, spelled T-A-D-E-L-L-O-S.
Definition
- 1ohne Fehler oder Mängel
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tadellos appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das Buch ist zwar gebraucht, befindet sich aber in einem tadellosen Zustand.
„Zudem teilt mir ein dieser Tage aus der Mandschurei zurückgekehrter Ingenieur mit, daß sich die mandschurische Bahn nicht nur in einem tadellosen Zustande befinde, sondern auch sehr gut gebaut sei und starkbewacht (sic) werde.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- atdellos
- taddellos
- tadelloss
- tadellso
- tadelols
- tadelos
- tadlelos
- taedllos
- tdaellos
- ttadellos
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tadellos - 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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "tadellos", 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 (10 here; floor ≥5).
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.