Experiment
[ɛkspeʁiˈmɛnt]
The verdict
“Experiment” has 15 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #5,478. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #5,478
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (wissenschaftlicher) Versuch
Corpus desk
Index DE-experiment · Experiment · German
Experiment · rank #5,478 · 15 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #5,478
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH Empfänger
Nearest frequency peer: Empfänger (-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 „Experiment“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- eigenem
eigenem
94,526 corpus weight
- Elektrische
Elektrische
94,525 corpus weight
- Empfänger
Empfänger
94,524 corpus weight
- Experiment
Experiment
94,523 corpus weight
- freilich
freilich
94,521 corpus weight
- freiwillige
freiwillige
94,520 corpus weight
What this shows „Experiment“ 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 | Experiment |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɛkspeʁiˈmɛnt] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #5,478 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Experiment“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around Experiment (IPA [ɛkspeʁiˈmɛnt]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,478 among 4,632 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "(wissenschaftlicher) Versuch".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for Experiment, with forms such as "epxeriment", "exepriment", and "expeirment". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "Experimente", "experiments", "Experimenten", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Experiment, spelled E-X-P-E-R-I-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1(wissenschaftlicher) Versuch
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Experiment appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das Experiment schlug fehl, weil jemand sämtliche Sensoren falsch angeschlossen hatte.
„In einem berühmten Experiment ließ ein Psychologe jedesmal eine Glocke erklingen, wenn er einem Hund Futter gab.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- epxeriment
- exepriment
- expeirment
- experiemnt
- experimennt
- experimentt
- experimetn
- experimment
- experimnet
- expermient
- experriment
- expperiment
- expreiment
- exxperiment
- xeperiment
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Experiment - 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 "Experiment", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).