Adressaten

Name: Adressaten, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[adʁɛˈsaːtn̩]

/[adʁɛˈsaːtn̩]/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“Adressaten” has 14 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #29,906. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#29,906
frequency rank, German: 6,976
“A” headwords: 14
tracked misspellings: 2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Adressat

Corpus desk

Index DE-adressaten · Adressaten · German

Adressaten · rank #29,906 · 14 variants · 2 confusables

FREQ-MID #29,906
LEN-MEGA 10 letters
VOW-4 4 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
VAR-HIGH 14 variants
BOOK-DENSE 6,976
PHOTO-FINISH abwischen

Nearest frequency peer: abwischen (-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.

abstürzen

70,099
abwechslung…

70,098
abwechslung…

70,097
abwischen

70,096
Adressaten

70,095
ahoi

70,092

What this shows „Adressaten“ 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).

Adressaten vs Adressen

80% similar

Adressaten vs Adressat

80% similar

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

Key facts for Adressaten
Property	Value
Headword	Adressaten
Language	German
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	[adʁɛˈsaːtn̩]
Letters	10
Frequency rank	#29,906
Misspellings tracked	14
Confusable pairs	2
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Adressaten“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Adressatenliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#29,906

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „abwischen“ (#29,905), „abwechslungsreiches“ (#29,904), „abwechslungsreichen“ (#29,903). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „Adressaten“ bei #29,906. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around Adressaten (IPA [adʁɛˈsaːtn̩]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #29,906 among 6,976 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for Adressaten, with forms such as "addressaten", "aderssaten", and "adresasten". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Adressen", "Adressat", 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 Adressaten, spelled A-D-R-E-S-S-A-T-E-N.

Definition

1
Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Adressat
2
Dativ Singular des Substantivs Adressat
3
Akkusativ Singular des Substantivs Adressat
4
Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Adressat
5
Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Adressat
6
Dativ Plural des Substantivs Adressat
7
Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Adressat

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

addressaten
aderssaten
adresasten
adresaten
adressaetn
adressatenn
adressatne
adressatten
adresstaen
adreßaten
adrressaten
adrsesaten
ardessaten
daressaten

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

Edit distance from "Adressaten"

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 "Adressaten"?

"Adressaten" is spelled A-D-R-E-S-S-A-T-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [adʁɛˈsaːtn̩].

What does "Adressaten" mean?

As a noun, "Adressaten" means: Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Adressat

What words are commonly confused with "Adressaten"?

"Adressaten" is commonly confused with "Adressen", "Adressat". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "Adressaten"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Adressaten" is [adʁɛˈsaːtn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "Adressaten" come from?

"Adressaten" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.

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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

angehörten#29,920 übergangen#29,891 Zugverkehr#29,884 Anästhesie#29,930

Similar misspelling depth

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

abwischen14 variants abstürzen14 variants ablehnend14 variants Übermacht14 variants