Effekt
[ɛˈfɛkt]
The verdict
“Effekt” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #3,109. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #3,109
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Wirkung, die einfach entsteht oder auch absichtlich herbeigeführt werden kann, wobei diese auch überraschend oder beeindruckend sein kann
Corpus desk
Index DE-effekt · Effekt · German
Effekt · rank #3,109 · 7 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #3,109
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH deutsches
Nearest frequency peer: deutsches (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Effekt”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Brasilien
Brasilien
96,894 corpus weight
- deutsches
deutsches
96,893 corpus weight
- Effekt
Effekt
96,892 corpus weight
- Ei
Ei
96,891 corpus weight
- Elemente
Elemente
96,890 corpus weight
- Ereignisse
Ereignisse
96,889 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Effekt” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | Effekt |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɛˈfɛkt] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #3,109 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Effekt” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around Effekt (IPA [ɛˈfɛkt]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,109 among 4,632 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Effekt, with forms such as "efefkt", "efekt", and "effekkt". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "Effekte", "effektiv", "Effekten", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Effekt, spelled E-F-F-E-K-T.
Definition
- 1Wirkung, die einfach entsteht oder auch absichtlich herbeigeführt werden kann, wobei diese auch überraschend oder beeindruckend sein kann
- 2Wirkung einer (sehr häufig visuellen) Umsetzung, die durch Technik oder Verfahren Betroffene überraschen und beeindrucken soll
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Effekt appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die alpine Orogenese ist der Effekt der Nordwanderung der afrikanischen Scholle.“
Der Effekt seiner ständigen Mäkeleien auf Familienfeiern war, dass sich die Verwandten von ihm distanzierten.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- efefkt
- efekt
- effekkt
- effektt
- effetk
- effket
- fefekt
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Effekt - 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you spell "Effekt"?
What does "Effekt" mean?
What words are commonly confused with "Effekt"?
How do you pronounce "Effekt"?
What language does "Effekt" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Effekt", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "Effekt". Here's where to go from here.
- "Effekt" maps to 5 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "Effekte". View pair
- 7 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #3,109 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "E" letter cohort. E–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.