Doktortitel
[ˈdɔktoːɐ̯ˌtiːtl̩]
The verdict
“Doktortitel” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #22,682 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #22,682
- frequency rank, German
- 11
- letters
- 17
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - akademischer Grad/Titel, den eine Hochschule verleiht, wenn jemand mit Erfolg ein Promotionsverfahren (Prüfungsverfahren mit dem Ziel, den Grad eines Doktors zu erwerben) absolviert hat
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Doktortitel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈdɔktoːɐ̯ˌtiːtl̩] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #22,682 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Doktortitel” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Doktortitel is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈdɔktoːɐ̯ˌtiːtl̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #22,682 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "akademischer Grad/Titel, den eine Hochschule verleiht, wenn jemand mit Erfolg ein Promotionsverfahren (Prüfungsverfahren mit dem Ziel, den Grad eines Doktors zu erwerben) absolviert hat".
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for Doktortitel, with forms such as "ddoktortitel", "dkotortitel", and "dokktortitel". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Doktortitel, spelled D-O-K-T-O-R-T-I-T-E-L.
Definition
- 1akademischer Grad/Titel, den eine Hochschule verleiht, wenn jemand mit Erfolg ein Promotionsverfahren (Prüfungsverfahren mit dem Ziel, den Grad eines Doktors zu erwerben) absolviert hat
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ddoktortitel,dkotortitel,dokktortitel,dokotrtitel,doktorittel,doktorrtitel,doktortietl,doktortitell,doktortitle,doktortittel,doktorttiel,doktorttitel,doktotritel,doktrotitel,dokttortitel,dotkortitel,odktortitel
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Doktortitel - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Using “Doktortitel”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is D-O-K-T-O-R-T-I-T-E-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈdɔktoːɐ̯ˌtiːtl̩] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.