zimperlich
[ˈt͡sɪmpɐlɪç]
The verdict
“zimperlich” has 16 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #36,752. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #36,752
- frequency rank, German
- 1,996
- “Z” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - übertrieben empfindlich
Corpus desk
Index DE-zimperlich · zimperlich · German
zimperlich · rank #36,752 · 16 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #36,752
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 16 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,996
- PHOTO-FINISH zivilisierten
Nearest frequency peer: zivilisierten (+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 „zimperlich“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Würdenträger
Würdenträger
63,253 corpus weight
- yorkshire
yorkshire
63,252 corpus weight
- Zauberstab
Zauberstab
63,251 corpus weight
- zimperlich
zimperlich
63,249 corpus weight
- zivilisiert…
zivilisierten
63,248 corpus weight
- zwinge
zwinge
63,245 corpus weight
What this shows „zimperlich“ 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 | zimperlich |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈt͡sɪmpɐlɪç] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #36,752 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „zimperlich“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around zimperlich (IPA [ˈt͡sɪmpɐlɪç]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #36,752 among 1,996 “Z” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for zimperlich, with forms such as "izmperlich", "zimeprlich", and "zimmperlich". 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. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "zierlich", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is zimperlich, spelled Z-I-M-P-E-R-L-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1übertrieben empfindlich
- 2allzu schamhaft
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how zimperlich appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Medizinstudenten dürfen nicht zimperlich sein.
„Wenn du dir mal die Hände bei der Arbeit schmutzig machst, dann macht das nichts. Sei nicht so zimperlich! Du kannst sie dir anschließend waschen.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- izmperlich
- zimeprlich
- zimmperlich
- zimpelrich
- zimperilch
- zimperlcih
- zimperlicch
- zimperlichh
- zimperlihc
- zimperllich
- zimperrlich
- zimpperlich
- zimprelich
- zipmerlich
- zmiperlich
- zzimperlich
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of zimperlich - 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 "zimperlich", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).