advertising

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The verdict

“advertising” has 17 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #40,365. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#40,365
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords
17
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Werbung

Corpus desk

Index DE-advertising · advertising · German

advertising · rank #40,365 · 17 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #40,365
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH abstraktes

Nearest frequency peer: abstraktes (-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 „advertising“

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

corpus weight

What this shows „advertising“ 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).

advertising vs of
0% similar
advertising vs ii
18% similar
advertising vs TO
0% similar

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

Key facts for advertising
PropertyValue
Headwordadvertising
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters11
Frequency rank#40,365
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „advertising“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.advertisingliegt 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: „abstraktes“ (#40,364), „Afghane“ (#40,366), „Absprung“ (#40,363). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „advertising“ bei #40,365. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around advertising (IPA […]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #40,365 among 6,976 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Werbung".

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for advertising, with forms such as "addvertising", "adevrtising", and "adveritsing". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "of", "ii", "TO", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is advertising, spelled A-D-V-E-R-T-I-S-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Werbung

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Advertising is the engine of trade.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • addvertising
  • adevrtising
  • adveritsing
  • adverrtising
  • advertiisng
  • advertisign
  • advertisingg
  • advertisinng
  • advertisnig
  • advertissing
  • advertsiing
  • adverttising
  • advetrising
  • advretising
  • advvertising
  • avdertising
  • davertising

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

addvertising1adevrtising2adveritsing2adverrtising1advertiisng2advertisign2advertisingg1advertisinng1
Edit distance from "advertising"

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 "advertising"?
"advertising" is spelled A-D-V-E-R-T-I-S-I-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "advertising" mean?
As a noun, "advertising" means: Werbung
What words are commonly confused with "advertising"?
"advertising" is commonly confused with "of", "ii", "TO". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "advertising"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "advertising" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "advertising" come from?
"advertising" 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 "advertising", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

abgeschirmt#40,359anatomische#40,371angeborenen#40,375überrumpelt#40,352

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

überschüttet17 variantsZuwanderern17 variantsausgebessert17 variantsauszuspielen17 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list