adoptieren

[adɔpˈtiːʁən]

/[adɔpˈtiːʁən]/ verb

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The verdict

“adoptieren” has 14 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #25,877. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#25,877
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemanden als Kind annehmen

Corpus desk

Index DE-adoptieren · adoptieren · German

adoptieren · rank #25,877 · 14 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #25,877
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH administrative

Nearest frequency peer: administrative (-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 „adoptieren“

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

corpus weight

What this shows „adoptieren“ 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).

adoptieren vs adoptiert
80% similar

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

Key facts for adoptieren
PropertyValue
Headwordadoptieren
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[adɔpˈtiːʁən]
Letters10
Frequency rank#25,877
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „adoptieren“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).adoptierenliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „administrative“ (#25,876), „Aggressivität“ (#25,878), „adieu“ (#25,875). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „adoptieren“ bei #25,877. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around adoptieren (IPA [adɔpˈtiːʁən]), averb. Corpus frequency is #25,877 among 6,976 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for adoptieren, with forms such as "addoptieren", "adopiteren", and "adopptieren". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "adoptiert", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is adoptieren, spelled A-D-O-P-T-I-E-R-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    jemanden als Kind annehmen
  2. 2
    etwas übernehmen, sich zu eigen machen
  3. 3
    sich kümmern um etwas/jemanden

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how adoptieren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Da ihnen eigene Kinder verwehrt waren, adoptierten sie eines.
  2. Meine Mutter hat zwei Kinder aus Vietnam adoptiert, das ist eine große humanitäre Geschichte […]

Synonyms

an Kindes statt annehmen

This word in other languages

adopt(English)adoptar(Español)adopter(Français)adotar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • addoptieren
  • adopiteren
  • adopptieren
  • adopteiren
  • adoptieern
  • adoptierenn
  • adoptierne
  • adoptierren
  • adoptireen
  • adopttieren
  • adotpieren
  • adpotieren
  • aodptieren
  • daoptieren

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

addoptieren1adopiteren2adopptieren1adopteiren2adoptieern2adoptierenn1adoptierne2adoptierren1
Edit distance from "adoptieren"

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 "adoptieren"?
"adoptieren" is spelled A-D-O-P-T-I-E-R-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [adɔpˈtiːʁən].
What does "adoptieren" mean?
As a verb, "adoptieren" means: jemanden als Kind annehmen
What words are commonly confused with "adoptieren"?
"adoptieren" is commonly confused with "adoptiert". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "adoptieren"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "adoptieren" is [adɔpˈtiːʁən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "adoptieren" come from?
"adoptieren" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list