direkte

/[diˈʁɛktə]/ adj

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,236

in German word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

12

similar word pairs

direkte is anGermanadj. It means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs direkt Pronounced [diˈʁɛktə]. It ranks #3,236 in German word frequency. Often confused with drehte and Direktor.

Key facts for direkte
PropertyValue
Headworddirekte
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[diˈʁɛktə]
Letters7
Frequency rank#3,236
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for direkte is 7 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [diˈʁɛktə]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,236 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for direkte, with forms such as "ddirekte", "dierkte", and "direket". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "drehte", "Direktor", "direkten", 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 direkte, spelled D-I-R-E-K-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs direkt
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs direkt
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs direkt
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs direkt
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs direkt
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs direkt
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs direkt
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs direkt
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs direkt

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddirekte,dierkte,direket,direkkte,direktte,diretke,dirkete,dirrekte,driekte,idrekte

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for direkte

Misspelling Variants of "direkte"

ddirekte8dierkte7direket7direkkte8direktte8diretke7dirkete7dirrekte8
Misspelling Variants of "direkte"

Frequency rank: #3,236 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "direkte"?
"direkte" is spelled D-I-R-E-K-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [diˈʁɛktə].
What does "direkte" mean?
As an adj, "direkte" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs direkt
What words are commonly confused with "direkte"?
"direkte" is commonly confused with "drehte", "Direktor", "direkten". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "direkte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "direkte" is [diˈʁɛktə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "direkte" come from?
"direkte" 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.