Thumbnail
[ˈtʊmpneɪl]
The verdict
“Thumbnail” has 14 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #36,667. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #36,667
- frequency rank, German
- 35,386
- “T” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - verkleinertes Bild, das als Vorschau für ein Bild in Originalgröße dient
Corpus desk
Index DE-thumbnail · Thumbnail · German
Thumbnail · rank #36,667 · 14 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #36,667
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 35,386
- PHOTO-FINISH thront
Nearest frequency peer: thront (-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 “Thumbnail”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Tapeten
Tapeten
63,338 corpus weight
- Terrormiliz
Terrormiliz
63,337 corpus weight
- thront
thront
63,335 corpus weight
- Thumbnail
Thumbnail
63,334 corpus weight
- Tores
Tores
63,332 corpus weight
- Tritte
Tritte
63,331 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Thumbnail” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Thumbnail |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈtʊmpneɪl] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #36,667 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Thumbnail” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around Thumbnail (IPA [ˈtʊmpneɪl]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #36,667 among 35,386 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "verkleinertes Bild, das als Vorschau für ein Bild in Originalgröße dient".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for Thumbnail, with forms such as "htumbnail", "thhumbnail", and "thmubnail". 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. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists 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 Thumbnail, spelled T-H-U-M-B-N-A-I-L.
Definition
- 1verkleinertes Bild, das als Vorschau für ein Bild in Originalgröße dient
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- htumbnail
- thhumbnail
- thmubnail
- thubmnail
- thumbanil
- thumbbnail
- thumbnaill
- thumbnali
- thumbnial
- thumbnnail
- thummbnail
- thumnbail
- tthumbnail
- tuhmbnail
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Thumbnail - 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 "Thumbnail", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 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.