wirklich
[ˈvɪʁklɪç]
The verdict
“wirklich” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #169. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #169
- frequency rank, German
- 2,930
- “W” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - tatsächlich existierend und nicht nur in der Einbildung vorhanden seiend
Corpus desk
Index DE-wirklich · wirklich · German
wirklich · rank #169 · 13 variants · 7 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #169
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,930
- PHOTO-FINISH weiter
Nearest frequency peer: weiter (-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 „wirklich“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- warum
warum
99,835 corpus weight
- weiter
weiter
99,833 corpus weight
- wirklich
wirklich
99,832 corpus weight
- ihnen
ihnen
99,831 corpus weight
- ihren
ihren
99,830 corpus weight
- s
s
99,829 corpus weight
What this shows „wirklich“ 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 | wirklich |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈvɪʁklɪç] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #169 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „wirklich“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around wirklich (IPA [ˈvɪʁklɪç]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #169 among 2,930 “W” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for wirklich, with forms such as "iwrklich", "wikrlich", and "wirkilch". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "wörtlich", "Wittlich", "wirkliche", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is wirklich, spelled W-I-R-K-L-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1tatsächlich existierend und nicht nur in der Einbildung vorhanden seiend
- 2den Erwartungen und Wertvorstellungen entsprechend
- 3wahrhaftig, echt, ganz
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how wirklich appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Peter hatte sich die Geschichte nicht ausgedacht. Sie war wirklich passiert.
Am wirklichsten wirkt so eine Behauptung natürlich, wenn sie von einem echten Junkie kommt.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- iwrklich
- wikrlich
- wirkilch
- wirkklich
- wirklcih
- wirklicch
- wirklichh
- wirklihc
- wirkllich
- wirlkich
- wirrklich
- wriklich
- wwirklich
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of wirklich - 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.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "wirklich", 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 (13 here; floor ≥5).