dicht
[dɪçt]
The verdict
“dicht” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #2,949. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #2,949
- frequency rank, German
- 2,764
- “D” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eng, nahe beieinanderliegend, undurchdringlich
Corpus desk
Index DE-dicht · dicht · German
dicht · rank #2,949 · 8 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #2,949
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,764
- PHOTO-FINISH denkst
Nearest frequency peer: denkst (-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 “dicht”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Betrug
Betrug
97,055 corpus weight
- dankbar
dankbar
97,054 corpus weight
- denkst
denkst
97,053 corpus weight
- dicht
dicht
97,052 corpus weight
- doppelt
doppelt
97,051 corpus weight
- dreht
dreht
97,050 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “dicht” 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 | dicht |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [dɪçt] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #2,949 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “dicht” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around dicht (IPA [dɪçt]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #2,949 among 2,764 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for dicht, with forms such as "dciht", "ddicht", and "diccht". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "dit", "doch", "dick", and more, 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. The correct German form is dicht, spelled D-I-C-H-T.
Definition
- 1eng, nahe beieinanderliegend, undurchdringlich
- 2nahe bei
- 3betrunken oder unter Drogeneinfluss stehend
- 4vernünftig (nur als Negation)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how dicht appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Hund hat sehr dichtes Fell.
Das Auto steht dicht neben dem Haus.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- dciht
- ddicht
- diccht
- dichht
- dichtt
- dicth
- dihct
- idcht
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of dicht - 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.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "dicht", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "dicht". Here's where to go from here.
- "dicht" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "dit". View pair
- 8 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #2,949 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.