drittens
[ˈdʁɪtn̩s]
The verdict
“drittens” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #14,779. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #14,779
- frequency rank, German
- 2,764
- “D” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - an dritter Stelle (einer Aufzählung, Gliederung oder Ähnlichem) stehend
Corpus desk
Index DE-drittens · drittens · German
drittens · rank #14,779 · 11 variants · 6 confusables
- FREQ-MID #14,779
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,764
- PHOTO-FINISH dirty
Nearest frequency peer: dirty (-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 „drittens“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- demokratisc…
demokratischer
85,225 corpus weight
- Denkmalschu…
Denkmalschutz
85,224 corpus weight
- dirty
dirty
85,223 corpus weight
- drittens
drittens
85,222 corpus weight
- durchsetzt
durchsetzt
85,221 corpus weight
- DW
DW
85,220 corpus weight
What this shows „drittens“ 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 | drittens |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | [ˈdʁɪtn̩s] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #14,779 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „drittens“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around drittens (IPA [ˈdʁɪtn̩s]), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #14,779 among 2,764 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "an dritter Stelle (einer Aufzählung, Gliederung oder Ähnlichem) stehend".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for drittens, with forms such as "ddrittens", "dirttens", and "dritens". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "dritter", "drittes", "dritte", 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is drittens, spelled D-R-I-T-T-E-N-S.
Definition
- 1an dritter Stelle (einer Aufzählung, Gliederung oder Ähnlichem) stehend
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how drittens appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Drittens weise ich Sie darauf hin, dass das Rauchen ausschließlich an diesem Ort gestattet ist.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddrittens
- dirttens
- dritens
- dritetns
- drittenns
- drittenss
- drittesn
- drittnes
- drrittens
- drtitens
- rdittens
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of drittens - 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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "drittens", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).