Winkler
[ˈvɪŋklɐ]
The verdict
“Winkler” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #10,978. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,978
- frequency rank, German
- 2,930
- “W” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - deutschsprachiger Nachname, Familienname
Corpus desk
Index DE-winkler · Winkler · German
Winkler · rank #10,978 · 11 variants · 7 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,978
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,930
- PHOTO-FINISH Wiederaufbau
Nearest frequency peer: Wiederaufbau (-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 „Winkler“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- werdenden
werdenden
89,026 corpus weight
- Wettbewerbs
Wettbewerbs
89,025 corpus weight
- Wiederaufbau
Wiederaufbau
89,024 corpus weight
- Winkler
Winkler
89,023 corpus weight
- wirbt
wirbt
89,022 corpus weight
- Wäldern
Wäldern
89,021 corpus weight
What this shows „Winkler“ 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 | Winkler |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈvɪŋklɐ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #10,978 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Winkler“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around Winkler (IPA [ˈvɪŋklɐ]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #10,978 among 2,930 “W” headwords. Dominant gloss: "deutschsprachiger Nachname, Familienname".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Winkler, with forms such as "iwnkler", "wiknler", and "winkelr". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "Winter", "Winzer", "winner", 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Winkler, spelled W-I-N-K-L-E-R.
Definition
- 1deutschsprachiger Nachname, Familienname
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Winkler appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ähnlich ging Francois nach Frankreich und Gardegeneral Winkler übernahm sein »41.« K. Solche Art, mit Einheiten und Kommandos herumzuwerfen, mögen die Halbgötter des Großen Generalstabs verantworten.
Frau Winkler ist ein Genie im Verkauf.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- iwnkler
- wiknler
- winkelr
- winkkler
- winklerr
- winkller
- winklre
- winlker
- winnkler
- wnikler
- wwinkler
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Winkler - 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 "Winkler", 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 (11 here; floor ≥5).