Aspekt
[asˈpɛkt]
The verdict
“Aspekt” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #4,956 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #4,956
- frequency rank, German
- 6
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Betrachtungsweise, Gesichtspunkt
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 | Aspekt |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [asˈpɛkt] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #4,956 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Aspekt” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Aspekt is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [asˈpɛkt]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,956 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Aspekt, with forms such as "apsekt", "asepkt", and "aspekkt". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "asset", "Aspen", "Aspekte", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 Aspekt, spelled A-S-P-E-K-T.
Definition
- 1Betrachtungsweise, Gesichtspunkt
- 2bestimmte Stellung der Gestirne zueinander
- 3grammatikalische Kategorie für Verben
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: apsekt,asepkt,aspekkt,aspektt,aspetk,aspket,asppekt,asspekt,sapekt
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Aspekt - 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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Using “Aspekt”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is A-S-P-E-K-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [asˈpɛkt] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “asset” - see the side-by-side comparison. Aspekt vs asset
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.