Doktor
[ˈdɔktoːɐ̯]
The verdict
“Doktor” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #4,694. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #4,694
- frequency rank, German
- 2,764
- “D” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Person mit medizinischer Ausbildung
Corpus desk
Index DE-doktor · Doktor · German
Doktor · rank #4,694 · 9 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #4,694
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,764
- PHOTO-FINISH dazwischen
Nearest frequency peer: dazwischen (-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 „Doktor“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- brennt
brennt
95,310 corpus weight
- christliche
christliche
95,309 corpus weight
- dazwischen
dazwischen
95,308 corpus weight
- Doktor
Doktor
95,307 corpus weight
- Erfüllung
Erfüllung
95,306 corpus weight
- Erich
Erich
95,305 corpus weight
What this shows „Doktor“ 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 | Doktor |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈdɔktoːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #4,694 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Doktor“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around Doktor (IPA [ˈdɔktoːɐ̯]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,694 among 2,764 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Doktor, with forms such as "ddoktor", "dkotor", and "dokktor". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "door", "Doktors", "Doktoren", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Doktor, spelled D-O-K-T-O-R.
Definition
- 1Person mit medizinischer Ausbildung
- 2akademischer Grad, den man nach erfolgreicher Promotion und erfolgter Verleihung durch eine Hochschule führen darf
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Doktor appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich bin zu meinem Doktor gegangen.
Die Frau Doktor hat uns sehr geholfen.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddoktor
- dkotor
- dokktor
- dokotr
- doktorr
- doktro
- dokttor
- dotkor
- odktor
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Doktor - 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 "Doktor", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).