direkt

/[diˈʁɛkt]/ adj

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#393

in German word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

13

similar word pairs

direkt is anGermanadj. It means: in gerader Richtung, ohne Umwege, ohne Umschweife, ohne Verzögerung Pronounced [diˈʁɛkt]. It ranks #393 in German word frequency. Often confused with Dirk and dreht.

Key facts for direkt
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Headworddirekt
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[diˈʁɛkt]
Letters6
Frequency rank#393
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of direkt in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for direkt is 6 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [diˈʁɛkt]. Corpus data places it at rank #393 in overall German word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "in gerader Richtung, ohne Umwege, ohne Umschweife, ohne Verzögerung".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for direkt, with forms such as "ddirekt", "dierkt", and "direkkt". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "Dirk", "dreht", "direkte", 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. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is direkt, spelled D-I-R-E-K-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    in gerader Richtung, ohne Umwege, ohne Umschweife, ohne Verzögerung

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddirekt,dierkt,direkkt,direktt,diretk,dirket,dirrekt,driekt,idrekt

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for direkt

Misspelling Variants of "direkt"

ddirekt7dierkt6direkkt7direktt7diretk6dirket6dirrekt7driekt6
Misspelling Variants of "direkt"

Frequency rank: #393 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "direkt"?
"direkt" is spelled D-I-R-E-K-T. The IPA pronunciation is [diˈʁɛkt].
What does "direkt" mean?
As an adj, "direkt" means: in gerader Richtung, ohne Umwege, ohne Umschweife, ohne Verzögerung
What words are commonly confused with "direkt"?
"direkt" is commonly confused with "Dirk", "dreht", "direkte". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "direkt"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "direkt" is [diˈʁɛkt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "direkt" come from?
"direkt" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.