dominant

[domiˈnant]

/[domiˈnant]/ adj

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The verdict

“dominant” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #18,209. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#18,209
frequency rank, German
2,764
“D” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sich gegen andere/anderes durchsetzend

Corpus desk

Index DE-dominant · dominant · German

dominant · rank #18,209 · 12 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #18,209
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,764
  • PHOTO-FINISH Dolmetscher

Nearest frequency peer: Dolmetscher (-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 „dominant“

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

corpus weight

What this shows „dominant“ 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).

dominant vs Dominanz
75% similar
dominant vs dominante
89% similar
dominant vs dominanten
80% similar

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

Key facts for dominant
PropertyValue
Headworddominant
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[domiˈnant]
Letters8
Frequency rank#18,209
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „dominant“

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).dominantliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Dolmetscher“ (#18,208), „Drehung“ (#18,210), „dogs“ (#18,207). Unter 2,764 „D“-Lemmata liegt „dominant“ bei #18,209. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around dominant (IPA [domiˈnant]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #18,209 among 2,764 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for dominant, with forms such as "ddominant", "dmoinant", and "doimnant". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "Dominanz", "dominante", "dominanten", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is dominant, spelled D-O-M-I-N-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    sich gegen andere/anderes durchsetzend
  2. 2
    Biologie, Genetik: sich in der Merkmalsausprägung durchsetzend

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how dominant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Mein neuer Kollege hat ein sehr dominantes Auftreten.
  2. „Während Englisch die weltweit führende Wirtschafts- und Wissenschaftssprache und die dominante Lingua franca sei, eigne sich die deutsche Sprache als »regionale Kontaktsprache für die Kommunikation zwischen mitteleuropäischen Nachbarn« (…).“

Synonyms

beherrschendüberlegen

Antonyms

devotsubmissivunterwürfigrezessiv

This word in other languages

dominant(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddominant
  • dmoinant
  • doimnant
  • domiannt
  • dominannt
  • dominantt
  • dominatn
  • dominnant
  • dominnat
  • domminant
  • domniant
  • odminant

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of dominant - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ddominant1dmoinant2doimnant2domiannt2dominannt1dominantt1dominatn2dominnant1
Edit distance from "dominant"

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 "dominant"?
"dominant" is spelled D-O-M-I-N-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is [domiˈnant].
What does "dominant" mean?
As an adjective, "dominant" means: sich gegen andere/anderes durchsetzend
What words are commonly confused with "dominant"?
"dominant" is commonly confused with "Dominanz", "dominante", "dominanten". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "dominant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dominant" is [domiˈnant]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dominant" come from?
"dominant" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Columbia#18,202Erfurter#18,225bitteren#18,192ernannte#18,226

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

education12 variantsbegnügen12 variantsfiktiven12 variantsbadische12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list