diesem
[ˈdiːzəm]
The verdict
“diesem” is in the everyday core of German, ranked #147 in German word frequency and used as an unknown.
- #147
- frequency rank, German
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 16
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Dativ Singular Maskulinum des Demonstrativpronomens dies
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 | diesem |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Unknown |
| IPA | [ˈdiːzəm] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #147 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 16 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “diesem” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for diesem is 6 letters long, classified as an unknown, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈdiːzəm]. Corpus data places it at rank #147 in overall German word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for diesem, with forms such as "ddiesem", "deisem", and "dieesm". 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 16 confusable-pair relationships, "dieser", "dieses", "diesen", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology 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 diesem, spelled D-I-E-S-E-M.
Definition
- 1Dativ Singular Maskulinum des Demonstrativpronomens dies
- 2Dativ Singular Neutrum des Demonstrativpronomens dies
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ddiesem,deisem,dieesm,diesemm,diesme,diessem,diseem,idesem
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of diesem - 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.
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Using “diesem”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is D-I-E-S-E-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈdiːzəm] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “dieser” - see the side-by-side comparison. diesem vs dieser
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.