yellow
[ˈjɛləʊ]
The verdict
“yellow” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #24,583. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #24,583
- frequency rank, German
- 897
- “Y” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - gelb, im Farbton Gelb
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | yellow |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈjɛləʊ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #24,583 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “yellow” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around yellow (IPA [ˈjɛləʊ]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #24,583 among 897 “Y” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for yellow, with forms such as "eyllow", "yelloww", and "yellwo". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is yellow, spelled Y-E-L-L-O-W.
Definition
- 1gelb, im Farbton Gelb
- 2hasenfüßig, feige
- 3sensationsheischend
- 4gelben Hautton besitzend
- 5gelben Hautton besitzend
- 6gelben Hautton besitzend
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- eyllow
- yelloww
- yellwo
- yelolw
- yelow
- ylelow
- yyellow
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of yellow - 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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Using “yellow”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is Y-E-L-L-O-W - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.