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The verdict
“content” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #4,256. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #4,256
- frequency rank, German
- 1,273
- “C” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - zufrieden
Corpus desk
Index DE-content · content · German
content · rank #4,256 · 11 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #4,256
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,273
- PHOTO-FINISH Chinesischen
Nearest frequency peer: Chinesischen (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “content”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- bonus
bonus
95,748 corpus weight
- brachten
brachten
95,747 corpus weight
- Chinesischen
Chinesischen
95,746 corpus weight
- content
content
95,745 corpus weight
- dauerhaft
dauerhaft
95,744 corpus weight
- dieselbe
dieselbe
95,743 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “content” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | content |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #4,256 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “content” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around content (IPA […]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #4,256 among 1,273 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "zufrieden".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for content, with forms such as "ccontent", "cnotent", and "conetnt". 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, "contest", "of", "ii", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is content, spelled C-O-N-T-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1zufrieden
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccontent
- cnotent
- conetnt
- conntent
- contennt
- contentt
- contetn
- contnet
- conttent
- cotnent
- ocntent
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of content - 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "content", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "content". Here's where to go from here.
- "content" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "contest". View pair
- 11 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #4,256 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "C" letter cohort. C–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.