damit
[daˈmɪt]
The verdict
“damit” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #107. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #107
- frequency rank, German
- 2,764
- “D” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - … mit dem Ziel, dass …
Corpus desk
Index DE-damit · damit · German
damit · rank #107 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #107
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,764
- PHOTO-FINISH meine
Nearest frequency peer: meine (-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 “damit”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- machen
machen
99,897 corpus weight
- denn
denn
99,896 corpus weight
- meine
meine
99,895 corpus weight
- damit
damit
99,894 corpus weight
- will
will
99,892 corpus weight
- einfach
einfach
99,891 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “damit” 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 | damit |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Conjunction |
| IPA | [daˈmɪt] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #107 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “damit” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around damit (IPA [daˈmɪt]), aconjunction. Corpus frequency is #107 among 2,764 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "… mit dem Ziel, dass …".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for damit, with forms such as "admit", "daimt", and "damitt". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "DAT", "dit", "Damm", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 damit, spelled D-A-M-I-T.
Definition
- 1… mit dem Ziel, dass …
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how damit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Es wurden Vorräte angelegt, damit es in Notzeiten nicht mangelt.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- admit
- daimt
- damitt
- dammit
- damti
- ddamit
- dmait
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of damit - 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 "damit", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 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.