direktes

Name: direktes, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[diˈʁɛktəs]

/[diˈʁɛktəs]/ adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“direktes” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #27,245. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#27,245
frequency rank, German: 2,764
“D” headwords: 12
tracked misspellings: 8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs direkt

Corpus desk

Index DE-direktes · direktes · German

direktes · rank #27,245 · 12 variants · 8 confusables

FREQ-MID #27,245
LEN-LONG 8 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
VAR-MID 12 variants
BOOK-MID 2,764
PHOTO-FINISH Doha

Nearest frequency peer: Doha (+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.

Darling

72,759
dauerten

72,758
direktes

72,756
Doha

72,755
dreijährige

72,753
drew

72,752

What this shows „direktes“ 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).

direktes vs Direktor

63% similar

direktes vs Direktors

67% similar

direktes vs direkt

75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for direktes
Property	Value
Headword	direktes
Language	German
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	[diˈʁɛktəs]
Letters	8
Frequency rank	#27,245
Misspellings tracked	12
Confusable pairs	8
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „direktes“

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).direktesliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#27,245

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Doha“ (#27,246), „dauerten“ (#27,243), „Darling“ (#27,242). Unter 2,764 „D“-Lemmata liegt „direktes“ bei #27,245. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around direktes (IPA [diˈʁɛktəs]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #27,245 among 2,764 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for direktes, with forms such as "ddirektes", "dierktes", and "direkets". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "Direktor", "Direktors", "direkt", 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is direktes, spelled D-I-R-E-K-T-E-S.

Definition

1
Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs direkt
2
Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs direkt
3
Nominativ Singular Neutrum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs direkt
4
Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs direkt

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

ddirektes
dierktes
direkets
direkktes
direktess
direktse
direkttes
diretkes
dirketes
dirrektes
driektes
idrektes

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of direktes - 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.

Edit distance from "direktes"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "direktes"?

"direktes" is spelled D-I-R-E-K-T-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is [diˈʁɛktəs].

What does "direktes" mean?

As an adjective, "direktes" means: Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs direkt

What words are commonly confused with "direktes"?

"direktes" is commonly confused with "Direktor", "Direktors", "direkt". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "direktes"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "direktes" is [diˈʁɛktəs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "direktes" come from?

"direktes" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.

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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "direktes", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

dauerten#27,243 Eigenart#27,257 einsamer#27,265 beworfen#27,220

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

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