department

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The verdict

“department” has 16 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #15,600. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,600
frequency rank, German
2,764
“D” headwords
16
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fachbereich

Corpus desk

Index DE-department · department · German

department · rank #15,600 · 16 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #15,600
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,764
  • PHOTO-FINISH definierten

Nearest frequency peer: definierten (-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 „department“

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

corpus weight

What this shows „department“ 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).

department vs of
0% similar
department vs ii
0% similar
department vs TO
0% similar

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

Key facts for department
PropertyValue
Headworddepartment
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters10
Frequency rank#15,600
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „department“

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „definierten“ (#15,599), „diesjährige“ (#15,601), „Dildo“ (#15,602). Unter 2,764 „D“-Lemmata liegt „department“ bei #15,600. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around department (IPA […]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #15,600 among 2,764 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Fachbereich".

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for department, with forms such as "ddepartment", "deaprtment", and "deparmtent". 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, "of", "ii", "TO", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is department, spelled D-E-P-A-R-T-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Fachbereich

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddepartment
  • deaprtment
  • deparmtent
  • deparrtment
  • departemnt
  • departmennt
  • departmentt
  • departmetn
  • departmment
  • departmnet
  • departtment
  • depatrment
  • deppartment
  • depratment
  • dpeartment
  • edpartment

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ddepartment1deaprtment2deparmtent2deparrtment1departemnt2departmennt1departmentt1departmetn2
Edit distance from "department"

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 "department"?
"department" is spelled D-E-P-A-R-T-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "department" mean?
As a noun, "department" means: Fachbereich
What words are commonly confused with "department"?
"department" is commonly confused with "of", "ii", "TO". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "department"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "department" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "department" come from?
"department" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Diplomatie#15,603commission#15,592collection#15,591erschreckt#15,617

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

diesjährige16 variantsdefinierten16 variantseinzunehmen16 variantsBrasilianer16 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list