downloaden
[ˈdaʊ̯nˌlɔʊ̯dn̩]
The verdict
“downloaden” has 15 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #19,542. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #19,542
- frequency rank, German
- 2,764
- “D” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - einen Download durchführen; Daten von einem Server auf den eigenen Rechner kopieren
Corpus desk
Index DE-downloaden · downloaden · German
downloaden · rank #19,542 · 15 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #19,542
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,764
- PHOTO-FINISH dow
Nearest frequency peer: dow (-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 „downloaden“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Degen
Degen
80,463 corpus weight
- domina
domina
80,462 corpus weight
- dow
dow
80,460 corpus weight
- downloaden
downloaden
80,459 corpus weight
- durchatmen
durchatmen
80,458 corpus weight
- Dünger
Dünger
80,456 corpus weight
What this shows „downloaden“ 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 | downloaden |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈdaʊ̯nˌlɔʊ̯dn̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #19,542 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „downloaden“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around downloaden (IPA [ˈdaʊ̯nˌlɔʊ̯dn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #19,542 among 2,764 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "einen Download durchführen; Daten von einem Server auf den eigenen Rechner kopieren".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for downloaden, with forms such as "ddownloaden", "donwloaden", and "dowlnoaden". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Downloads", "Download", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is downloaden, spelled D-O-W-N-L-O-A-D-E-N.
Definition
- 1einen Download durchführen; Daten von einem Server auf den eigenen Rechner kopieren
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how downloaden appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich muss das Update noch downloaden.
„Der Bezug zur realen Lebenswirklichkeit findet nur noch zwangsweise statt, da man Nahrung nicht downloaden und sich zu Orten nicht beamen kann.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddownloaden
- donwloaden
- dowlnoaden
- downlaoden
- downlloaden
- downloadden
- downloadenn
- downloadne
- downloaedn
- downlodaen
- downnloaden
- downoladen
- dowwnloaden
- dwonloaden
- odwnloaden
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of downloaden - 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 "downloaden", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).