Computer
[kɔmˈpjuːtɐ]
The verdict
“Computer” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #1,841. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,841
- frequency rank, German
- 1,273
- “C” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - elektronisches, programmierbares Gerät zur Eingabe, Verarbeitung und Ausgabe von Daten
Corpus desk
Index DE-computer · Computer · German
Computer · rank #1,841 · 12 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,841
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,273
- PHOTO-FINISH besitzt
Nearest frequency peer: besitzt (-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 „Computer“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Bekannte
Bekannte
98,163 corpus weight
- Beruf
Beruf
98,162 corpus weight
- besitzt
besitzt
98,161 corpus weight
- Computer
Computer
98,160 corpus weight
- entspricht
entspricht
98,159 corpus weight
- Finger
Finger
98,158 corpus weight
What this shows „Computer“ 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 | Computer |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kɔmˈpjuːtɐ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #1,841 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Computer“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around Computer (IPA [kɔmˈpjuːtɐ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,841 among 1,273 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "elektronisches, programmierbares Gerät zur Eingabe, Verarbeitung und Ausgabe von Daten".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Computer, with forms such as "ccomputer", "cmoputer", and "commputer". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Computern", "Computers", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Computer, spelled C-O-M-P-U-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1elektronisches, programmierbares Gerät zur Eingabe, Verarbeitung und Ausgabe von Daten
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Computer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Computer gibt es in allen Größen: Vom Supercomputer, größer als ein Haus, der das Klima vorhersagt, bis zum Fahrradcomputer, der in die Hosentasche passt.
Mit dem Computer lassen sich Berechnungen in Sekunden durchführen, für die Adam Riese Jahrzehnte gebraucht hätte.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccomputer
- cmoputer
- commputer
- compputer
- comptuer
- compuetr
- computerr
- computre
- computter
- comupter
- copmuter
- ocmputer
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Computer - 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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Computer", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).