CETA
[ˈt͡sɛːta]
The verdict
“CETA” has 5 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #20,543. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #20,543
- frequency rank, German
- 1,273
- “C” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Abkürzung für Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement – Umfassendes Wirtschafts- und Handelsabkommen, auch als Canada – EU Trade Agreement gelesen
Corpus desk
Index DE-ceta · CETA · German
CETA · rank #20,543 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #20,543
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,273
- PHOTO-FINISH Bürgerinitiat…
Nearest frequency peer: Bürgerinitiative (-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 „CETA“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Bundesligis…
Bundesligisten
79,461 corpus weight
- bureau
bureau
79,460 corpus weight
- Bürgeriniti…
Bürgerinitiative
79,459 corpus weight
- CETA
CETA
79,458 corpus weight
- Charakters
Charakters
79,457 corpus weight
- Charta
Charta
79,455 corpus weight
What this shows „CETA“ 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).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | CETA |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Abbreviation |
| IPA | [ˈt͡sɛːta] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #20,543 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „CETA“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around CETA (IPA [ˈt͡sɛːta]), anabbreviation. Corpus frequency is #20,543 among 1,273 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Abkürzung für Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement – Umfassendes Wirtschafts- und Handelsabkommen, auch als Canada – EU Trade Agreement gelesen".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for CETA, with forms such as "cceta", "ceat", and "cetta". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "CT", "CIA", "Cut", and more, 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 best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is CETA, spelled C-E-T-A.
Definition
- 1Abkürzung für Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement – Umfassendes Wirtschafts- und Handelsabkommen, auch als Canada – EU Trade Agreement gelesen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how CETA appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der deutsche Wirtschaftsminister und SPD-Vorsitzende Sigmar Gabriel will [dem Vertrag] zustimmen, nachdem seine Sozialdemokraten CETA im Prinzip gebilligt hatten.
Erst am Donnerstag hatte das deutsche Verfassungsgericht der Bundesregierung unter Auflagen erlaubt, CETA vorläufig zuzustimmen.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cceta
- ceat
- cetta
- ctea
- ecta
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of CETA - 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.
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "CETA", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).