widersprüchlich
[ˈviːdɐˌʃpʁʏçlɪç]
The verdict
“widersprüchlich” has 25 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #26,243. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #26,243
- frequency rank, German
- 2,930
- “W” headwords
- 25
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - auf eine Art und Weise nicht übereinstimmend, dass offenbar nur eines wahr sein kann
Corpus desk
Index DE-widerspruchlich · widersprüchlich · German
widersprüchlich · rank #26,243 · 25 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #26,243
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 25 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,930
- PHOTO-FINISH widersetzen
Nearest frequency peer: widersetzen (-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 „widersprüchlich“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- while
while
73,760 corpus weight
- widersetzen
widersetzen
73,759 corpus weight
- widersprüch…
widersprüchlich
73,758 corpus weight
- Wiedereinfü…
Wiedereinführung
73,757 corpus weight
- wiedergefun…
wiedergefunden
73,756 corpus weight
- Wiederkehr
Wiederkehr
73,755 corpus weight
What this shows „widersprüchlich“ 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 | widersprüchlich |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈviːdɐˌʃpʁʏçlɪç] |
| Letters | 15 |
| Frequency rank | #26,243 |
| Misspellings tracked | 25 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „widersprüchlich“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 25 spelling variants around widersprüchlich (IPA [ˈviːdɐˌʃpʁʏçlɪç]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #26,243 among 2,930 “W” headwords. Dominant gloss: "auf eine Art und Weise nicht übereinstimmend, dass offenbar nur eines wahr sein kann".
Our generated misspelling index lists 25 likely wrong-spelling variants for widersprüchlich, with forms such as "iwdersprüchlich", "wdiersprüchlich", and "widdersprüchlich". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "widersprüchliche", "widersprüchlichen", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is widersprüchlich, spelled W-I-D-E-R-S-P-R-Ü-C-H-L-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1auf eine Art und Weise nicht übereinstimmend, dass offenbar nur eines wahr sein kann
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how widersprüchlich appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Zeugenaussagen waren widersprüchlich.
Die Probanden erhielten vor dem Test eine widersprüchliche Information.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- iwdersprüchlich
- wdiersprüchlich
- widdersprüchlich
- widerpsrüchlich
- widerrsprüchlich
- widerspprüchlich
- widersprcühlich
- widersprrüchlich
- widersprücchlich
- widersprüchhlich
- widersprüchilch
- widersprüchlcih
- widersprüchlicch
- widersprüchlichh
- widersprüchlihc
- widersprüchllich
- widersprüclhich
- widersprühclich
- widerspürchlich
- widersrpüchlich
- widerssprüchlich
- widesrprüchlich
- widresprüchlich
- wiedrsprüchlich
- wwidersprüchlich
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of widersprüchlich - 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 "widersprüchlich", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 15 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (25 here; floor ≥5).