district

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The verdict

“district” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #28,150. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#28,150
frequency rank, German
2,764
“D” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bezirk, Distrikt, Gebiet

Corpus desk

Index DE-district · district · German

district · rank #28,150 · 13 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #28,150
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,764
  • PHOTO-FINISH Direktors

Nearest frequency peer: Direktors (-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 „district“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „district“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

district vs Distrikt
75% similar
district vs of
0% similar
district vs ii
25% similar

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

Key facts for district
PropertyValue
Headworddistrict
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters8
Frequency rank#28,150
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „district“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).districtliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Direktors“ (#28,149), „dodge“ (#28,151), „Drogendealer“ (#28,152). Unter 2,764 „D“-Lemmata liegt „district“ bei #28,150. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around district (IPA […]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #28,150 among 2,764 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Bezirk, Distrikt, Gebiet".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for district, with forms such as "ddistrict", "disrtict", and "disstrict". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Distrikt", "of", "ii", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 district, spelled D-I-S-T-R-I-C-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Bezirk, Distrikt, Gebiet

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddistrict
  • disrtict
  • disstrict
  • distirct
  • distrcit
  • districct
  • districtt
  • distritc
  • distrrict
  • disttrict
  • ditsrict
  • dsitrict
  • idstrict

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ddistrict1disrtict2disstrict1distirct2distrcit2districct1districtt1distritc2
Edit distance from "district"

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 "district"?
"district" is spelled D-I-S-T-R-I-C-T. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "district" mean?
As a noun, "district" means: Bezirk, Distrikt, Gebiet
What words are commonly confused with "district"?
"district" is commonly confused with "Distrikt", "of", "ii". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "district"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "district" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "district" come from?
"district" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Collagen#28,134Christel#28,131erblickt#28,174erotisch#28,177

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

dasjenige13 variantseinplanen13 variantscompagnie13 variantserinnerten13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list