Detektiv
[detɛkˈtiːf]
The verdict
“Detektiv” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #19,186. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #19,186
- frequency rank, German
- 2,764
- “D” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (meist privater) Ermittler, der nach Beweismitteln für etwas sucht
Corpus desk
Index DE-detektiv · Detektiv · German
Detektiv · rank #19,186 · 12 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #19,186
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,764
- PHOTO-FINISH Denver
Nearest frequency peer: Denver (-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 „Detektiv“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Dachgeschoss
Dachgeschoss
80,818 corpus weight
- Denkweise
Denkweise
80,817 corpus weight
- Denver
Denver
80,816 corpus weight
- Detektiv
Detektiv
80,815 corpus weight
- Dialekte
Dialekte
80,814 corpus weight
- Direktion
Direktion
80,813 corpus weight
What this shows „Detektiv“ 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 | Detektiv |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [detɛkˈtiːf] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #19,186 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Detektiv“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around Detektiv (IPA [detɛkˈtiːf]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #19,186 among 2,764 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "(meist privater) Ermittler, der nach Beweismitteln für etwas sucht".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Detektiv, with forms such as "ddetektiv", "deetktiv", and "detekitv". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "Detektor", "Detektive", "Detektei", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 Detektiv, spelled D-E-T-E-K-T-I-V.
Definition
- 1(meist privater) Ermittler, der nach Beweismitteln für etwas sucht
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Detektiv appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wir sollten zuerst einen Detektiv beauftragen, bevor wir die Polizei einschalten.
„Ich war ein Detektiv, der für nichts eine Lösung fand.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddetektiv
- deetktiv
- detekitv
- detekktiv
- detektivv
- detekttiv
- detektvi
- detetkiv
- detketiv
- dettektiv
- dteektiv
- edtektiv
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Detektiv - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "Detektiv", not the corpus desk frequency band.
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).