editieren
[ediˈtiːʁən]
The verdict
“editieren” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #41,125. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #41,125
- frequency rank, German
- 57,060
- “E” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Daten bearbeiten, verändern
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 | editieren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ediˈtiːʁən] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #41,125 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “editieren” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around editieren (IPA [ediˈtiːʁən]), averb. Corpus frequency is #41,125 among 57,060 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Daten bearbeiten, verändern".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for editieren, with forms such as "deitieren", "edditieren", and "ediiteren". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "editiert", "Editionen", "existieren", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 editieren, spelled E-D-I-T-I-E-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1Daten bearbeiten, verändern
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- deitieren
- edditieren
- ediiteren
- editeiren
- editieern
- editierenn
- editierne
- editierren
- editireen
- edittieren
- edtiieren
- eidtieren
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of editieren - 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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Using “editieren”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is E-D-I-T-I-E-R-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ediˈtiːʁən] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “editiert” - see the side-by-side comparison. editieren vs editiert
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Same frequency band
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.