Diskurs
[dɪsˈkʊʁs]
The verdict
“Diskurs” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #9,170. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,170
- frequency rank, German
- 2,764
- “D” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - theoretische Erörterung, systematische, methodische Abhandlung
Corpus desk
Index DE-diskurs · Diskurs · German
Diskurs · rank #9,170 · 11 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #9,170
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,764
- PHOTO-FINISH drang
Nearest frequency peer: drang (+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 „Diskurs“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- demonstriert
demonstriert
90,834 corpus weight
- derselbe
derselbe
90,833 corpus weight
- Diskurs
Diskurs
90,831 corpus weight
- drang
drang
90,830 corpus weight
- draus
draus
90,829 corpus weight
- Earl
Earl
90,828 corpus weight
What this shows „Diskurs“ 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 | Diskurs |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [dɪsˈkʊʁs] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #9,170 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Diskurs“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around Diskurs (IPA [dɪsˈkʊʁs]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,170 among 2,764 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Diskurs, with forms such as "ddiskurs", "diksurs", and "diskkurs". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Diskus", "Diskurse", "Diskurses", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 Diskurs, spelled D-I-S-K-U-R-S.
Definition
- 1theoretische Erörterung, systematische, methodische Abhandlung
- 2gesellschaftliche Auseinandersetzung, Erörterung
- 3Unterhaltung
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Diskurs appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Unter Diskurs kann eine themengebundene Erörterung verstanden werden.
„Mancher der Briefe an den Bayreuther Musiker sind von Anfang bis Ende ein prägnanter Diskurs über Fragen der Religion und Philosophie.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddiskurs
- diksurs
- diskkurs
- diskrus
- diskurrs
- diskurss
- diskusr
- disskurs
- disukrs
- dsikurs
- idskurs
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Diskurs - 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 "Diskurs", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).