dagegen
[daˈɡeːɡn̩]
The verdict
“dagegen” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #631. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #631
- frequency rank, German
- 2,764
- “D” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - gegen eine Sache; so, dass man einer Sache abgeneigt ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-dagegen · dagegen · German
dagegen · rank #631 · 10 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #631
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,764
- PHOTO-FINISH Blick
Nearest frequency peer: Blick (-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 “dagegen”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- zahlen
zahlen
99,373 corpus weight
- anderes
anderes
99,372 corpus weight
- Blick
Blick
99,371 corpus weight
- dagegen
dagegen
99,370 corpus weight
- deinen
deinen
99,369 corpus weight
- ebenso
ebenso
99,368 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “dagegen” 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 | dagegen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | [daˈɡeːɡn̩] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #631 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “dagegen” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around dagegen (IPA [daˈɡeːɡn̩]), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #631 among 2,764 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for dagegen, with forms such as "adgegen", "daeggen", and "dageegn". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "Degen", "daneben", "Dateien", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is dagegen, spelled D-A-G-E-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1gegen eine Sache; so, dass man einer Sache abgeneigt ist
- 2auf der anderen Seite, im Gegensatz dazu
- 3im Vergleich dazu
- 4nicht der Ansicht seiend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how dagegen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wenn Sie mich fragen, bin ich dagegen.
Sie wenden sich dagegen, dass ein Unschuldiger verhaftet wird.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- adgegen
- daeggen
- dageegn
- dagegenn
- dageggen
- dagegne
- daggeen
- daggegen
- ddagegen
- dgaegen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of dagegen - 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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "dagegen", 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 (10 here; floor ≥5).
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.