Detail

/[deˈtaɪ̯]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,503

in German word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

Detail is aGermannoun. It means: Einzelheit, Einzelnes (so wie bspw.: im Detail = im Einzelnen), Kleinigkeit; auch: charakterisierendes Element Pronounced [deˈtaɪ̯]. It ranks #4,503 in German word frequency. Often confused with devil and Details.

Key facts for Detail
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HeadwordDetail
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[deˈtaɪ̯]
Letters6
Frequency rank#4,503
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Detail in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Detail is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [deˈtaɪ̯]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,503 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Einzelheit, Einzelnes (so wie bspw.: im Detail = im Einzelnen), Kleinigkeit; auch: charakterisierendes Element".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for Detail, with forms such as "ddetail", "deatil", and "detaill". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "devil", "Details", "Deal", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Detail, spelled D-E-T-A-I-L, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Einzelheit, Einzelnes (so wie bspw.: im Detail = im Einzelnen), Kleinigkeit; auch: charakterisierendes Element

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddetail,deatil,detaill,detali,detial,dettail,dteail,edtail

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Detail

Misspelling Variants of "Detail"

ddetail7deatil6detaill7detali6detial6dettail7dteail6edtail6
Misspelling Variants of "Detail"

Frequency rank: #4,503 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Detail"?
"Detail" is spelled D-E-T-A-I-L. The IPA pronunciation is [deˈtaɪ̯].
What does "Detail" mean?
As a noun, "Detail" means: Einzelheit, Einzelnes (so wie bspw.: im Detail = im Einzelnen), Kleinigkeit; auch: charakterisierendes Element
What words are commonly confused with "Detail"?
"Detail" is commonly confused with "devil", "Details", "Deal". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Detail"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Detail" is [deˈtaɪ̯]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Detail" come from?
"Detail" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.