directory
[daɪˈrektəri]
The verdict
“directory” has 14 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #47,315. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #47,315
- frequency rank, German
- 2,764
- “D” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Buch oder Liste mit Namen und zugehörigen Fakten wie Adressen oder Rufnummern
Corpus desk
Index DE-directory · directory · German
directory · rank #47,315 · 14 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #47,315
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,764
- PHOTO-FINISH Dinos
Nearest frequency peer: Dinos (-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 „directory“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- dezimiert
dezimiert
52,689 corpus weight
- Diebesgut
Diebesgut
52,688 corpus weight
- Dinos
Dinos
52,687 corpus weight
- directory
directory
52,686 corpus weight
- Dirne
Dirne
52,685 corpus weight
- divine
divine
52,684 corpus weight
What this shows „directory“ 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 | directory |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [daɪˈrektəri] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #47,315 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „directory“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around directory (IPA [daɪˈrektəri]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #47,315 among 2,764 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for directory, with forms such as "ddirectory", "dierctory", and "dircetory". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Direktor", "Direktors", "director", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 directory, spelled D-I-R-E-C-T-O-R-Y.
Definition
- 1Buch oder Liste mit Namen und zugehörigen Fakten wie Adressen oder Rufnummern
- 2Computerdateien enthaltende organisatorische Computerdatei
- 3Buch mit Richtlinien oder Regeln
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddirectory
- dierctory
- dircetory
- direcctory
- direcotry
- directorry
- directoryy
- directoyr
- directroy
- directtory
- diretcory
- dirrectory
- driectory
- idrectory
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of directory - 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 "directory", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).