variabel
[vaˈʁi̯aːbl̩]
The verdict
“variabel” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #21,460. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #21,460
- frequency rank, German
- 4,163
- “V” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - so dass man es leicht abwandeln und variieren kann
Corpus desk
Index DE-variabel · variabel · German
variabel · rank #21,460 · 10 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #21,460
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,163
- PHOTO-FINISH unterzeichnet…
Nearest frequency peer: unterzeichneten (-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 “variabel”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- unsre
unsre
78,544 corpus weight
- Unterwerfung
Unterwerfung
78,543 corpus weight
- unterzeichn…
unterzeichneten
78,542 corpus weight
- variabel
variabel
78,541 corpus weight
- Verbands
Verbands
78,540 corpus weight
- Verdrängung
Verdrängung
78,539 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “variabel” 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 | variabel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [vaˈʁi̯aːbl̩] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #21,460 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “variabel” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around variabel (IPA [vaˈʁi̯aːbl̩]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #21,460 among 4,163 “V” headwords. Dominant gloss: "so dass man es leicht abwandeln und variieren kann".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for variabel, with forms such as "avriabel", "vairabel", and "varaibel". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Variable", "variablen", "variabler", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 variabel, spelled V-A-R-I-A-B-E-L.
Definition
- 1so dass man es leicht abwandeln und variieren kann
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how variabel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dieser schwarze Hosenanzug ist vielseitig variabel.
Ich habe jetzt variable Arbeitszeit und muss nicht mehr Punkt acht anfangen.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- avriabel
- vairabel
- varaibel
- variabbel
- variabell
- variaebl
- varibael
- varriabel
- vraiabel
- vvariabel
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of variabel - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 September 3, 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 "variabel", 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).
What to do next
You've looked up "variabel". Here's where to go from here.
- "variabel" maps to 3 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "Variable". View pair
- 10 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #21,460 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "V" letter cohort. V–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.