Dämpfung
[ˈdɛmp͡fʊŋ]
The verdict
“Dämpfung” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #29,090. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #29,090
- frequency rank, German
- 2,764
- “D” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Maßnahme oder Vorrichtung zur Verringerung, Abschwächung von Vorgängen oder Entwicklungen
Corpus desk
Index DE-dampfung · Dämpfung · German
Dämpfung · rank #29,090 · 13 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #29,090
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,764
- PHOTO-FINISH dünnes
Nearest frequency peer: dünnes (+2 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 „Dämpfung“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Drittligist…
Drittligisten
70,916 corpus weight
- Driver
Driver
70,915 corpus weight
- Drucks
Drucks
70,914 corpus weight
- Dämpfung
Dämpfung
70,911 corpus weight
- dünnes
dünnes
70,909 corpus weight
- eau
eau
70,907 corpus weight
What this shows „Dämpfung“ 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 | Dämpfung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈdɛmp͡fʊŋ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #29,090 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Dämpfung“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around Dämpfung (IPA [ˈdɛmp͡fʊŋ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #29,090 among 2,764 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Dämpfung, with forms such as "ddämpfung", "dmäpfung", and "dämfpung". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "dampfen", "Dämmung", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Dämpfung, spelled D-Ä-M-P-F-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1Maßnahme oder Vorrichtung zur Verringerung, Abschwächung von Vorgängen oder Entwicklungen
- 2Widerstand, der mechanische oder elektrische Schwingungen abklingen lässt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Dämpfung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die erwartete Dämpfung der Konjunktur könnte zu Steuerausfällen führen.
Die Dämpfung einer mechanischen Feder sorgt dafür, dass sie irgendwann wieder in Ruhe zurückkehrt.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddämpfung
- dmäpfung
- dämfpung
- dämmpfung
- dämpffung
- dämpfnug
- dämpfugn
- dämpfungg
- dämpfunng
- dämppfung
- dämpufng
- däpmfung
- ädmpfung
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Dämpfung - 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 "Dämpfung", 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 (13 here; floor ≥5).