wirksam
[ˈvɪʁkˌzaːm]
The verdict
“wirksam” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #7,697. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,697
- frequency rank, German
- 2,930
- “W” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine bestimmte aktive Wirkung habend, hervorrufend
Corpus desk
Index DE-wirksam · wirksam · German
wirksam · rank #7,697 · 11 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #7,697
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,930
- PHOTO-FINISH wirklichen
Nearest frequency peer: wirklichen (-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 „wirksam“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- weitermachen
weitermachen
92,308 corpus weight
- wertvoll
wertvoll
92,307 corpus weight
- westlich
westlich
92,306 corpus weight
- wirklichen
wirklichen
92,305 corpus weight
- wirksam
wirksam
92,304 corpus weight
- workshop
workshop
92,303 corpus weight
What this shows „wirksam“ 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 | wirksam |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈvɪʁkˌzaːm] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #7,697 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „wirksam“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around wirksam (IPA [ˈvɪʁkˌzaːm]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #7,697 among 2,930 “W” headwords. Dominant gloss: "eine bestimmte aktive Wirkung habend, hervorrufend".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for wirksam, with forms such as "iwrksam", "wikrsam", and "wirkasm". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "wirkst", "wirksame", "wirksamen", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is wirksam, spelled W-I-R-K-S-A-M.
Definition
- 1eine bestimmte aktive Wirkung habend, hervorrufend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how wirksam appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die angewendete Methode war wirksam, wodurch das gewünschte Ziel erreicht wurde.
„Alltägliche Nahrungsmittel, die Impfstoffe oder andere medizinisch wirksame Zusatzstoffe enthalten, gibt es zwar noch nicht zu kaufen, sie sind aber schon Gegenstand der Forschung.“
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- iwrksam
- wikrsam
- wirkasm
- wirkksam
- wirksamm
- wirksma
- wirkssam
- wirrksam
- wirskam
- wriksam
- wwirksam
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of wirksam - 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 "wirksam", 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).