dent
[dɛnt]
The verdict
“dent” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #32,993. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #32,993
- frequency rank, German
- 2,764
- “D” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Beule, Delle
Corpus desk
Index DE-dent · dent · German
dent · rank #32,993 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #32,993
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,764
- PHOTO-FINISH Dekor
Nearest frequency peer: Dekor (-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 „dent“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Dauerausste…
Dauerausstellung
67,011 corpus weight
- definitive
definitive
67,010 corpus weight
- Dekor
Dekor
67,009 corpus weight
- dent
dent
67,008 corpus weight
- detailliert…
detaillierter
67,007 corpus weight
- Dienstmädch…
Dienstmädchen
67,006 corpus weight
What this shows „dent“ 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 | dent |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [dɛnt] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #32,993 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „dent“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around dent (IPA [dɛnt]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #32,993 among 2,764 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Beule, Delle".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for dent, with forms such as "ddent", "dennt", and "dentt". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "der", "des", "don", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is dent, spelled D-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Beule, Delle
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddent
- dennt
- dentt
- detn
- dnet
- ednt
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of dent - 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 "dent", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).