adäquate

[adɛˈkvaːtə]

/[adɛˈkvaːtə]/ adj

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The verdict

“adäquate” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #28,503. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#28,503
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs adäquat

Corpus desk

Index DE-adaquate · adäquate · German

adäquate · rank #28,503 · 10 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #28,503
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH administrativ…

Nearest frequency peer: administrativen (-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 „adäquate“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „adäquate“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

adäquate vs adäquaten
89% similar
adäquate vs adäquat
88% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for adäquate
PropertyValue
Headwordadäquate
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[adɛˈkvaːtə]
Letters8
Frequency rank#28,503
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „adäquate“

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).adäquateliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „administrativen“ (#28,502), „Ahlen“ (#28,504), „Abschreibungen“ (#28,501). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „adäquate“ bei #28,503. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around adäquate (IPA [adɛˈkvaːtə]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #28,503 among 6,976 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for adäquate, with forms such as "addäquate", "adqäuate", and "adäqaute". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "adäquaten", "adäquat", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is adäquate, spelled A-D-Ä-Q-U-A-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs adäquat
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs adäquat
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs adäquat
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs adäquat
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs adäquat
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs adäquat
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs adäquat
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs adäquat
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs adäquat

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • addäquate
  • adqäuate
  • adäqaute
  • adäqquate
  • adäquaet
  • adäquatte
  • adäqutae
  • adäuqate
  • aädquate
  • daäquate

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of adäquate - 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.

addäquate1adqäuate2adäqaute2adäqquate1adäquaet2adäquatte1adäqutae2adäuqate2
Edit distance from "adäquate"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "adäquate"?
"adäquate" is spelled A-D-Ä-Q-U-A-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [adɛˈkvaːtə].
What does "adäquate" mean?
As an adjective, "adäquate" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs adäquat
What words are commonly confused with "adäquate"?
"adäquate" is commonly confused with "adäquaten", "adäquat". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "adäquate"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "adäquate" is [adɛˈkvaːtə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "adäquate" come from?
"adäquate" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "adäquate", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

aneignen#28,511Anreisen#28,516anstrebt#28,517zustimmt#28,488

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

Zyklen10 variantsAthener10 variantsweiches10 variantsbarocke10 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list