direkt
[diˈʁɛkt]
The verdict
“direkt” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #393. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #393
- frequency rank, German
- 2,764
- “D” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 13
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - in gerader Richtung, ohne Umwege, ohne Umschweife, ohne Verzögerung
Corpus desk
Index DE-direkt · direkt · German
direkt · rank #393 · 9 variants · 13 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #393
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,764
- PHOTO-FINISH dessen
Nearest frequency peer: dessen (-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 „direkt“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- genug
genug
99,611 corpus weight
- allein
allein
99,610 corpus weight
- dessen
dessen
99,609 corpus weight
- direkt
direkt
99,608 corpus weight
- echt
echt
99,607 corpus weight
- halten
halten
99,606 corpus weight
What this shows „direkt“ 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 | direkt |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [diˈʁɛkt] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #393 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 13 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „direkt“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around direkt (IPA [diˈʁɛkt]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #393 among 2,764 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "in gerader Richtung, ohne Umwege, ohne Umschweife, ohne Verzögerung".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for direkt, with forms such as "ddirekt", "dierkt", and "direkkt". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "Dirk", "dreht", "direkte", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is direkt, spelled D-I-R-E-K-T.
Definition
- 1in gerader Richtung, ohne Umwege, ohne Umschweife, ohne Verzögerung
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how direkt appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Eigentlich sind es sogar viel mehr Gipfel, dann der Seebuck und der Stübenwasen liegen direkt auf der Strecke, so dass sie letztlich zum Gipfelsammler werden.“
Der direkte Weg vom Bahnhof zum Rathaus ist die Hauptstraße.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddirekt
- dierkt
- direkkt
- direktt
- diretk
- dirket
- dirrekt
- driekt
- idrekt
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of direkt - 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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "direkt", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).