Diskretion
[ˌdɪskʁeˈt͡si̯oːn]
The verdict
“Diskretion” has 15 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #29,080. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #29,080
- frequency rank, German
- 2,764
- “D” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - auf etwas Bestimmtes bezogene Verschwiegenheit, Geheimhaltung oder Vertraulichkeit
Corpus desk
Index DE-diskretion · Diskretion · German
Diskretion · rank #29,080 · 15 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #29,080
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,764
- PHOTO-FINISH Dingern
Nearest frequency peer: Dingern (-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 „Diskretion“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Dieburg
Dieburg
70,924 corpus weight
- diesbezügli…
diesbezüglichen
70,923 corpus weight
- Dingern
Dingern
70,922 corpus weight
- Diskretion
Diskretion
70,921 corpus weight
- disziplinie…
diszipliniert
70,920 corpus weight
- Doppelpass
Doppelpass
70,919 corpus weight
What this shows „Diskretion“ 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 | Diskretion |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˌdɪskʁeˈt͡si̯oːn] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #29,080 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Diskretion“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around Diskretion (IPA [ˌdɪskʁeˈt͡si̯oːn]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #29,080 among 2,764 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for Diskretion, with forms such as "ddiskretion", "diksretion", and "diskertion". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "diskreten", 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Diskretion, spelled D-I-S-K-R-E-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1auf etwas Bestimmtes bezogene Verschwiegenheit, Geheimhaltung oder Vertraulichkeit
- 2Takt, Rücksichtnahme
- 3Zurückhaltung; die Eigenschaft, nicht aufdringlich zu sein
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Diskretion appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bezüglich der Affäre meiner Frau mit Ihrem Geschäftsführer zähle ich auf die Diskretion Ihres Hauses.
In dieser Angelegenheit wurden wir um äußerste Diskretion gebeten.
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddiskretion
- diksretion
- diskertion
- diskkretion
- diskreiton
- diskretino
- diskretionn
- diskretoin
- diskrettion
- diskrretion
- diskrteion
- disrketion
- disskretion
- dsikretion
- idskretion
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Diskretion - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 "Diskretion", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).