Date

[dɛɪ̯t]

/[dɛɪ̯t]/ noun

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The verdict

“Date” has 5 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #3,717. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,717
frequency rank, German
2,764
“D” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Verabredung, meistens von zwei Verliebten

Corpus desk

Index DE-date · Date · German

Date · rank #3,717 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,717
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,764
  • PHOTO-FINISH darstellt

Nearest frequency peer: darstellt (-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 „Date“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „Date“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Date vs de
25% similar
Date vs die
25% similar
Date vs day
25% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Date
PropertyValue
HeadwordDate
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[dɛɪ̯t]
Letters4
Frequency rank#3,717
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Date“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Dateliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „darstellt“ (#3,716), „day“ (#3,718), „Chris“ (#3,715). Unter 2,764 „D“-Lemmata liegt „Date“ bei #3,717. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around Date (IPA [dɛɪ̯t]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,717 among 2,764 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for Date, with forms such as "adte", "daet", and "datte". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "de", "die", "day", and more, 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 its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Date, spelled D-A-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Verabredung, meistens von zwei Verliebten
  2. 2
    Person, mit der man eine Verabredung^([1]) hat

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Date appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Ich habe morgen ein Date mit ihr.
  2. „Am Wochenende darauf lud er mich erneut zu dem Italiener ein, bei dem wir das erste Date gehabt hatten und gestand mir seine Liebe.“

Synonyms

TerminTreffenVerabredungZusammenkunftRendezvousStelldichein

This word in other languages

date(English)rendez-vous(Français)encontro(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • adte
  • daet
  • datte
  • ddate
  • dtae

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Date - 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.

adte2daet2datte1ddate1dtae2
Edit distance from "Date"

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

How do you spell "Date"?
"Date" is spelled D-A-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [dɛɪ̯t].
What does "Date" mean?
As a noun, "Date" means: Verabredung, meistens von zwei Verliebten
What words are commonly confused with "Date"?
"Date" is commonly confused with "de", "die", "day". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Date"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Date" is [dɛɪ̯t]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Date" come from?
"Date" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Date", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Chor#3,714enge#3,724Bach#3,709anne#3,703

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).

üben5 variantsKäse5 variantsLogo5 variantsnich5 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list