destination
[dɛs.ti.na.sjɔ̃]
The verdict
“destination” has 16 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #41,107. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #41,107
- frequency rank, German
- 2,764
- “D” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bestimmung, Fügung, Schicksal
Corpus desk
Index DE-destination · destination · German
destination · rank #41,107 · 16 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #41,107
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 16 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,764
- PHOTO-FINISH Denny
Nearest frequency peer: Denny (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “destination”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- davongekomm…
davongekommen
58,897 corpus weight
- Denkmälern
Denkmälern
58,896 corpus weight
- Denny
Denny
58,895 corpus weight
- destination
destination
58,894 corpus weight
- Deutschkenn…
Deutschkenntnisse
58,893 corpus weight
- dezentralen
dezentralen
58,892 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “destination” 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 | destination |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [dɛs.ti.na.sjɔ̃] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #41,107 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “destination” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around destination (IPA [dɛs.ti.na.sjɔ̃]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #41,107 among 2,764 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Bestimmung, Fügung, Schicksal".
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for destination, with forms such as "ddestination", "desitnation", and "desstination". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Detonation", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is destination, spelled D-E-S-T-I-N-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Bestimmung, Fügung, Schicksal
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddestination
- desitnation
- desstination
- destiantion
- destinaiton
- destinatino
- destinationn
- destinatoin
- destinattion
- destinnation
- destintaion
- destniation
- desttination
- detsination
- dsetination
- edstination
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of destination - 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 "destination", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "destination". Here's where to go from here.
- This headword has one recorded confusable pair with "Detonation". View pair
- 16 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #41,107 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "D" letter cohort. D–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.