Dummheit
[ˈdʊmhaɪ̯t]
The verdict
“Dummheit” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #7,160. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,160
- frequency rank, German
- 2,764
- “D” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mangelnde geistige Fähigkeit
Corpus desk
Index DE-dummheit · Dummheit · German
Dummheit · rank #7,160 · 10 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-COMMON #7,160
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,764
- PHOTO-FINISH darzustellen
Nearest frequency peer: darzustellen (-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 „Dummheit“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- besetzten
besetzten
92,844 corpus weight
- bildeten
bildeten
92,843 corpus weight
- darzustellen
darzustellen
92,842 corpus weight
- Dummheit
Dummheit
92,841 corpus weight
- easy
easy
92,840 corpus weight
- eingreifen
eingreifen
92,839 corpus weight
What this shows „Dummheit“ 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 | Dummheit |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈdʊmhaɪ̯t] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #7,160 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Dummheit“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around Dummheit (IPA [ˈdʊmhaɪ̯t]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,160 among 2,764 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Dummheit, with forms such as "ddummheit", "dmumheit", and "dumheit". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Dummheiten", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Dummheit, spelled D-U-M-M-H-E-I-T.
Definition
- 1mangelnde geistige Fähigkeit
- 2unüberlegte, dumme Tat
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Dummheit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Nichts gibt so sehr das Gefühl der Unendlichkeit als wie die Dummheit.“
„Erst werden die Menschen unters Joch gezwungen und dann als knechtisch verachtet, unterdrückt und dann von oben herab behandelt, verdummt und ihrer Dummheit wegen verhöhnt, versklavt und als Sklaven geschmäht.“
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddummheit
- dmumheit
- dumheit
- dumhmeit
- dummehit
- dummheitt
- dummheti
- dummhheit
- dummhiet
- udmmheit
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Dummheit - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "Dummheit", 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 (10 here; floor ≥5).