Defizit
[ˈdeːfit͡siːt]
The verdict
“Defizit” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #16,956. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #16,956
- frequency rank, German
- 2,764
- “D” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fehlen von etwas (meist eines Geldbetrags)
Corpus desk
Index DE-defizit · Defizit · German
Defizit · rank #16,956 · 10 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #16,956
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,764
- PHOTO-FINISH Denkens
Nearest frequency peer: Denkens (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Defizit”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Cicero
Cicero
83,049 corpus weight
- Clowns
Clowns
83,048 corpus weight
- Defizit
Defizit
83,045 corpus weight
- Denkens
Denkens
83,043 corpus weight
- Doktorarbeit
Doktorarbeit
83,042 corpus weight
- Dokumentarf…
Dokumentarfilm
83,041 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Defizit” 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 | Defizit |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈdeːfit͡siːt] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #16,956 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Defizit” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around Defizit (IPA [ˈdeːfit͡siːt]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #16,956 among 2,764 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Defizit, with forms such as "ddefizit", "deffizit", and "defiizt". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Defizite", 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 Defizit, spelled D-E-F-I-Z-I-T.
Definition
- 1Fehlen von etwas (meist eines Geldbetrags)
- 2Fehlen von etwas, das man dann als Mangel bewertet (und ausgleichen möchte)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Defizit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Viele Banken haben derzeit große Defizite.
Das letzte Quartal brachte ein Defizit von rund 10.000 Euro.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddefizit
- deffizit
- defiizt
- defizitt
- defizti
- defizzit
- defziit
- deifzit
- dfeizit
- edfizit
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Defizit - 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Defizit", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- This headword has one recorded confusable pair with "Defizite". View pair
- 10 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #16,956 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "D" letter cohort. D–Z browse
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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.