Typus
[ˈtyːpʊs]
The verdict
“Typus” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #21,456. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #21,456
- frequency rank, German
- 2,684
- “T” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 13
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - fachsprachliche Bezeichnung von Typ
Corpus desk
Index DE-typus · Typus · German
Typus · rank #21,456 · 8 variants · 13 confusables
- FREQ-MID #21,456
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,684
- PHOTO-FINISH twist
Nearest frequency peer: twist (-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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Typus“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Tresen
Tresen
78,548 corpus weight
- Triebe
Triebe
78,547 corpus weight
- twist
twist
78,546 corpus weight
- Typus
Typus
78,545 corpus weight
- unsre
unsre
78,544 corpus weight
- Unterwerfung
Unterwerfung
78,543 corpus weight
What this shows „Typus“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
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 | Typus |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈtyːpʊs] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #21,456 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 13 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Typus“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around Typus (IPA [ˈtyːpʊs]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #21,456 among 2,684 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "fachsprachliche Bezeichnung von Typ".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Typus, with forms such as "tpyus", "ttypus", and "typpus". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "Typ", "TuS", "Type", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Typus, spelled T-Y-P-U-S.
Definition
- 1fachsprachliche Bezeichnung von Typ
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Typus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Bereits seit Mitte der 1970er Jahre haben die politischen Eliten sich neu organisiert, wer an den Hochschulen in Leitungspositionen und in der Politik gestalten durfte, waren weniger Künstler noch Intellektuelle, der pragmatische, karriere-orientierte Typus war gefragt und bereits da setzte bei den souveränen Denkern ein Entmutigungsprozess ein.“
„Es war ein sehniger Typus, mit flinken Bewegungen, der sich allerdings beim Sprechen als Asthmatiker erwies.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- tpyus
- ttypus
- typpus
- typsu
- typuss
- tyups
- tyypus
- ytpus
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Typus - 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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).