december

[d̥eˈsɛmˀb̥ʌ]

/[d̥eˈsɛmˀb̥ʌ]/ noun

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The verdict

“december” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #36,255. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#36,255
frequency rank, German
2,764
“D” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - der Monat Dezember; der zwölfte Monat im Jahr, mit 31 Tagen

Corpus desk

Index DE-december · december · German

december · rank #36,255 · 12 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #36,255
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,764
  • PHOTO-FINISH dazugehören

Nearest frequency peer: dazugehören (-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 „december“

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

corpus weight

What this shows „december“ 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).

december vs Dezember
75% similar

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

Key facts for december
PropertyValue
Headworddecember
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[d̥eˈsɛmˀb̥ʌ]
Letters8
Frequency rank#36,255
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „december“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).decemberliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „dazugehören“ (#36,254), „Dekorationen“ (#36,256), „DAZ“ (#36,253). Unter 2,764 „D“-Lemmata liegt „december“ bei #36,255. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around december (IPA [d̥eˈsɛmˀb̥ʌ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #36,255 among 2,764 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "der Monat Dezember; der zwölfte Monat im Jahr, mit 31 Tagen".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for december, with forms such as "dceember", "ddecember", and "deccember". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Dezember", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 december, spelled D-E-C-E-M-B-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    der Monat Dezember; der zwölfte Monat im Jahr, mit 31 Tagen

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • dceember
  • ddecember
  • deccember
  • decebmer
  • decembber
  • decemberr
  • decembre
  • decemebr
  • decemmber
  • decmeber
  • deecmber
  • edcember

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

dceember2ddecember1deccember1decebmer2decembber1decemberr1decembre2decemebr2
Edit distance from "december"

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 "december"?
"december" is spelled D-E-C-E-M-B-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [d̥eˈsɛmˀb̥ʌ].
What does "december" mean?
As a noun, "december" means: der Monat Dezember; der zwölfte Monat im Jahr, mit 31 Tagen
What words are commonly confused with "december"?
"december" is commonly confused with "Dezember". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "december"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "december" is [d̥eˈsɛmˀb̥ʌ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "december" come from?
"december" 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 "december", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list