Desktop
[ˈdɛsktɔp]
The verdict
“Desktop” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #12,049. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #12,049
- frequency rank, German
- 2,764
- “D” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Computer, der zur dauerhaften Aufstellung auf dem Schreibtisch gedacht ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-desktop · Desktop · German
Desktop · rank #12,049 · 11 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #12,049
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,764
- PHOTO-FINISH derartigen
Nearest frequency peer: derartigen (-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 „Desktop“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Dealer
Dealer
87,955 corpus weight
- Deals
Deals
87,954 corpus weight
- derartigen
derartigen
87,953 corpus weight
- Desktop
Desktop
87,952 corpus weight
- dichten
dichten
87,951 corpus weight
- dog
dog
87,950 corpus weight
What this shows „Desktop“ 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 | Desktop |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈdɛsktɔp] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #12,049 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Desktop“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around Desktop (IPA [ˈdɛsktɔp]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #12,049 among 2,764 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Desktop, with forms such as "ddesktop", "dekstop", and "deskktop". 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, "desto", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Desktop, spelled D-E-S-K-T-O-P.
Definition
- 1Computer, der zur dauerhaften Aufstellung auf dem Schreibtisch gedacht ist
- 2grafische Oberfläche des Betriebssystems; die hinterste Ebene, über der die Fenster dargestellt werden
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Desktop appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Inzwischen steht auf fast jedem Arbeitsplatz in unserem Büro ein Desktop.
Um das Programm zu starten muss der Anwender auf das Symbol auf dem Desktop klicken.
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddesktop
- dekstop
- deskktop
- deskotp
- desktopp
- desktpo
- deskttop
- dessktop
- destkop
- dsektop
- edsktop
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Desktop - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 "Desktop", 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 (11 here; floor ≥5).