discover

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The verdict

“discover” is uncommon German (frequency #98,305 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#98,305
frequency rank, German
2,764
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - entdecken

Corpus desk

Index DE-discover · discover · German

discover · rank #98,305 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #98,305
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,764
  • PHOTO-FINISH Dienstvorschr…

Nearest frequency peer: Dienstvorschrift (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „discover“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „discover“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for discover
PropertyValue
Headworddiscover
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[…]
Letters8
Frequency rank#98,305
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „discover“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.discoverfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Dienstvorschrift“ (#98,304), „Disponent“ (#98,306), „distalen“ (#98,307). Unter 2,764 „D“-Lemmata liegt „discover“ bei #98,305. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

discover is uncommon German at frequency #98,305 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "entdecken".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for discover, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is discover, spelled D-I-S-C-O-V-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    entdecken

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how discover appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. They discovered the restaurant the first night in town.

This word in other languages

découvrir(Français)

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 "discover"?
"discover" is spelled D-I-S-C-O-V-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "discover" mean?
As a verb, "discover" means: entdecken
How do you pronounce "discover"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "discover" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "discover" come from?
"discover" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

distalen#98,307Diazepam#98,301Domstadt#98,312Dorfkern#98,315

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list