windig
[ˈvɪndɪç]
The verdict
“windig” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #32,872. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #32,872
- frequency rank, German
- 2,930
- “W” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 15
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mit Wind, von Wind geprägt
Corpus desk
Index DE-windig · windig · German
windig · rank #32,872 · 9 variants · 15 confusables
- FREQ-MID #32,872
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,930
- PHOTO-FINISH wife
Nearest frequency peer: wife (-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 „windig“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Wetterlage
Wetterlage
67,133 corpus weight
- wife
wife
67,130 corpus weight
- windig
windig
67,129 corpus weight
- winke
winke
67,128 corpus weight
- Wochenstund…
Wochenstunden
67,127 corpus weight
- Wolkenkratz…
Wolkenkratzer
67,126 corpus weight
What this shows „windig“ 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 | windig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈvɪndɪç] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #32,872 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 15 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „windig“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around windig (IPA [ˈvɪndɪç]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #32,872 among 2,930 “W” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for windig, with forms such as "iwndig", "widnig", and "winddig". 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 15 confusable-pair relationships, "wing", "witzig", "würdig", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is windig, spelled W-I-N-D-I-G.
Definition
- 1mit Wind, von Wind geprägt
- 2nicht zuverlässig, unsicher, zweifelhaft
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how windig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Auf dem Gipfel ist es oft sehr windig.
„Einem Amerikaner, der mit windigen Projekten auftaucht, zu deren Realisierung er »nur« noch preiswerten Grund und Boden benötigt, weist er schroff die Tür.“
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- iwndig
- widnig
- winddig
- windgi
- windigg
- winidg
- winndig
- wnidig
- wwindig
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of windig - 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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "windig", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).