vampire
[ˈvæm.paɪ.ə]
The verdict
“vampire” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #13,506. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #13,506
- frequency rank, German
- 4,163
- “V” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - blutsaugender, toter Mensch (Fantasiegestalt); Vampir
Corpus desk
Index DE-vampire · vampire · German
vampire · rank #13,506 · 10 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #13,506
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,163
- PHOTO-FINISH unterzogen
Nearest frequency peer: unterzogen (-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 „vampire“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- unterlassen
unterlassen
86,498 corpus weight
- untersuchten
untersuchten
86,497 corpus weight
- unterzogen
unterzogen
86,496 corpus weight
- vampire
vampire
86,495 corpus weight
- vereinbar
vereinbar
86,494 corpus weight
- vermischt
vermischt
86,493 corpus weight
What this shows „vampire“ 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 | vampire |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈvæm.paɪ.ə] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #13,506 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „vampire“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around vampire (IPA [ˈvæm.paɪ.ə]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #13,506 among 4,163 “V” headwords. Dominant gloss: "blutsaugender, toter Mensch (Fantasiegestalt); Vampir".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for vampire, with forms such as "avmpire", "vamipre", and "vammpire". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Vampir", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is vampire, spelled V-A-M-P-I-R-E.
Definition
- 1blutsaugender, toter Mensch (Fantasiegestalt); Vampir
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how vampire appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The most famous vampire in literature is Dracula. Bram Stocker wrote the story of the infamous Count.
"Vampire, a fabulous creature, which was widely believed in previously to and during the 18th century in Greece, Hungary, Moravia, Silesia, Poland, and Russia. Vampires are defined by Dom Calmet as persons "who have been dead a considerable time, sometimes more, sometimes less; who leave their tombs, and come and disturb the living, sucking their blood, a…
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- avmpire
- vamipre
- vammpire
- vampier
- vampirre
- vamppire
- vamprie
- vapmire
- vmapire
- vvampire
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of vampire - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 "vampire", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).