dünner

Name: dünner, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[ˈdʏnɐ]

/[ˈdʏnɐ]/ adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“dünner” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #13,580. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,580
frequency rank, German: 2,764
“D” headwords: 7
tracked misspellings: 20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs dünn

Corpus desk

Index DE-dunner · dünner · German

dünner · rank #13,580 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

FREQ-MID #13,580
LEN-LONG 6 letters
VOW-2 2 vowels
CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
VAR-MID 7 variants
BOOK-MID 2,764
PHOTO-FINISH dynamische

Nearest frequency peer: dynamische (-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.

dual

86,424
duke

86,423
dynamische

86,422
dünner

86,421
effizienter

86,420
Ehen

86,418

What this shows „dünner“ 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).

dünner vs düster

67% similar

dünner vs dünnes

83% similar

dünner vs dünn

67% similar

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

Key facts for dünner
Property	Value
Headword	dünner
Language	German
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	[ˈdʏnɐ]
Letters	6
Frequency rank	#13,580
Misspellings tracked	7
Confusable pairs	20
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „dünner“

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

#13,580

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „dynamische“ (#13,579), „effizienter“ (#13,581), „duke“ (#13,578). Unter 2,764 „D“-Lemmata liegt „dünner“ bei #13,580. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around dünner (IPA [ˈdʏnɐ]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #13,580 among 2,764 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for dünner, with forms such as "ddünner", "dnüner", and "dünenr". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "düster", "dünnes", "dünn", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is dünner, spelled D-Ü-N-N-E-R.

Definition

1
Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs dünn
2
Genitiv Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs dünn
3
Dativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs dünn
4
Genitiv Plural alle Genera der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs dünn
5
Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs dünn

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

ddünner
dnüner
dünenr
düner
dünnerr
dünnre
üdnner

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of dünner - 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.

Edit distance from "dünner"

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 "dünner"?

"dünner" is spelled D-Ü-N-N-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈdʏnɐ].

What does "dünner" mean?

As an adjective, "dünner" means: Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs dünn

What words are commonly confused with "dünner"?

"dünner" is commonly confused with "düster", "dünnes", "dünn". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "dünner"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dünner" is [ˈdʏnɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "dünner" come from?

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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

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