Detonation
[detonaˈt͡si̯oːn]
The verdict
“Detonation” has 14 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #38,048. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #38,048
- frequency rank, German
- 2,764
- “D” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - heftige Explosion
Corpus desk
Index DE-detonation · Detonation · German
Detonation · rank #38,048 · 14 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #38,048
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,764
- PHOTO-FINISH dienlich
Nearest frequency peer: dienlich (+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 „Detonation“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Deputy
Deputy
61,956 corpus weight
- Despoten
Despoten
61,955 corpus weight
- Detonation
Detonation
61,953 corpus weight
- dienlich
dienlich
61,952 corpus weight
- Discount
Discount
61,951 corpus weight
- Diskussions…
Diskussionsrunde
61,950 corpus weight
What this shows „Detonation“ 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 | Detonation |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [detonaˈt͡si̯oːn] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #38,048 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Detonation“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around Detonation (IPA [detonaˈt͡si̯oːn]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #38,048 among 2,764 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for Detonation, with forms such as "ddetonation", "deotnation", and "detnoation". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Dekoration", "destination", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Detonation, spelled D-E-T-O-N-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1heftige Explosion
- 2unreines Singen oder Musizieren
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Detonation appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Detonation war noch kilometerweit zu hören.
„Detonationen sind zu hören.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddetonation
- deotnation
- detnoation
- detoantion
- detonaiton
- detonatino
- detonationn
- detonatoin
- detonattion
- detonnation
- detontaion
- dettonation
- dteonation
- edtonation
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Detonation - 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 "Detonation", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).