Dateien

[daˈtaɪ̯ən]

/[daˈtaɪ̯ən]/ noun

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The verdict

“Dateien” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #8,539. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,539
frequency rank, German
2,764
“D” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Datei

Corpus desk

Index DE-dateien · Dateien · German

Dateien · rank #8,539 · 9 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,539
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,764
  • PHOTO-FINISH diesjährigen

Nearest frequency peer: diesjährigen (+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 „Dateien“

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

corpus weight

What this shows „Dateien“ 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).

Dateien vs Daten
71% similar
Dateien vs Dreien
71% similar
Dateien vs datieren
63% similar

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

Key facts for Dateien
PropertyValue
HeadwordDateien
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[daˈtaɪ̯ən]
Letters7
Frequency rank#8,539
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Dateien“

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „diesjährigen“ (#8,540), „Cottbus“ (#8,537), „dominiert“ (#8,541). Unter 2,764 „D“-Lemmata liegt „Dateien“ bei #8,539. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around Dateien (IPA [daˈtaɪ̯ən]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,539 among 2,764 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Dateien, with forms such as "adteien", "daetien", and "dateein". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "Daten", "Dreien", "datieren", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 Dateien, spelled D-A-T-E-I-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Datei
  2. 2
    Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Datei
  3. 3
    Dativ Plural des Substantivs Datei
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Datei

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • adteien
  • daetien
  • dateein
  • dateienn
  • dateine
  • datieen
  • datteien
  • ddateien
  • dtaeien

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Dateien - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

adteien2daetien2dateein2dateienn1dateine2datieen2datteien1ddateien1
Edit distance from "Dateien"

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 "Dateien"?
"Dateien" is spelled D-A-T-E-I-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [daˈtaɪ̯ən].
What does "Dateien" mean?
As a noun, "Dateien" means: Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Datei
What words are commonly confused with "Dateien"?
"Dateien" is commonly confused with "Daten", "Dreien", "datieren". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Dateien"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Dateien" is [daˈtaɪ̯ən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Dateien" come from?
"Dateien" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Cottbus#8,537Chronik#8,535externe#8,556Fehlern#8,558

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

blonde9 variantsGeldes9 variantsGordon9 variantsAbbruch9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list