deswegen
[ˈdɛsˌveːɡn̩]
The verdict
“deswegen” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #876. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #876
- frequency rank, German
- 2,764
- “D” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - rückbezügliches Adverb, das eine Schlussfolgerung aus einem vorgenannten Sachverhalt bezeichnet
Corpus desk
Index DE-deswegen · deswegen · German
deswegen · rank #876 · 12 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #876
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,764
- PHOTO-FINISH beispielsweise
Nearest frequency peer: beispielsweise (-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 “deswegen”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Ausbildung
Ausbildung
99,128 corpus weight
- Beginn
Beginn
99,127 corpus weight
- beispielswe…
beispielsweise
99,126 corpus weight
- deswegen
deswegen
99,125 corpus weight
- Ergebnis
Ergebnis
99,124 corpus weight
- eure
eure
99,123 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “deswegen” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | deswegen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | [ˈdɛsˌveːɡn̩] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #876 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “deswegen” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around deswegen (IPA [ˈdɛsˌveːɡn̩]), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #876 among 2,764 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "rückbezügliches Adverb, das eine Schlussfolgerung aus einem vorgenannten Sachverhalt bezeichnet".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for deswegen, with forms such as "ddeswegen", "desewgen", and "desswegen". 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. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 deswegen, spelled D-E-S-W-E-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1rückbezügliches Adverb, das eine Schlussfolgerung aus einem vorgenannten Sachverhalt bezeichnet
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how deswegen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Plötzlich fiel mir das Versprechen wieder ein; deswegen war ich so still.
„Immer populärer wird deswegen Bodyflying, auch bekannt als Indoor-Skydiving.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddeswegen
- desewgen
- desswegen
- desweegn
- deswegenn
- desweggen
- deswegne
- deswgeen
- deswwegen
- dewsegen
- dsewegen
- edswegen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of deswegen - 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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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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.