fokussieren

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

[fokʊˈsiːʁən]

/[fokʊˈsiːʁən]/ verb

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

The verdict

“fokussieren” has 15 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #23,937. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#23,937
frequency rank, German: 3,474
“F” headwords: 15
tracked misspellings: 2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (sich) in einem Brennpunkt vereinigen

Corpus desk

Index DE-fokussieren · fokussieren · German

fokussieren · rank #23,937 · 15 variants · 2 confusables

FREQ-MID #23,937
LEN-MEGA 11 letters
VOW-5 5 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
VAR-HIGH 15 variants
BOOK-MID 3,474
PHOTO-FINISH flying

Nearest frequency peer: flying (-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.

Fledermäuse

76,068
fluchen

76,066
flying

76,065
fokussieren

76,064
follow

76,063
fortbestand

76,061

What this shows „fokussieren“ 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).

fokussieren vs fokussiert

82% similar

fokussieren vs Fokussierung

75% similar

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

Key facts for fokussieren
Property	Value
Headword	fokussieren
Language	German
Part of speech	Verb
IPA	[fokʊˈsiːʁən]
Letters	11
Frequency rank	#23,937
Misspellings tracked	15
Confusable pairs	2
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „fokussieren“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.fokussierenliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#23,937

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

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „flying“ (#23,936), „follow“ (#23,938), „fluchen“ (#23,935). Unter 3,474 „F“-Lemmata liegt „fokussieren“ bei #23,937. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around fokussieren (IPA [fokʊˈsiːʁən]), averb. Corpus frequency is #23,937 among 3,474 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for fokussieren, with forms such as "ffokussieren", "fkoussieren", and "fokkussieren". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "fokussiert", "Fokussierung", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is fokussieren, spelled F-O-K-U-S-S-I-E-R-E-N.

Definition

1
(sich) in einem Brennpunkt vereinigen
2
die Schärfe auf das zu fotografierende Objekt einstellen
3
(übertragen, zur ursprünglichen Bedeutung) mit scharfer Aufmerksamkeit betrachten, sein Augenmerk auf etwas (aus)richten, die Gedanken bündeln

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how fokussieren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

Diese Strahlen fokussieren nicht exakt im selben Punkt.
Wenn der Autofokus auf den Vordergrund fokussiert, wird der Hintergrund unscharf.

Synonyms

ausrichten bündeln scharfstellen konzentrieren

Antonyms

defokussieren

This word in other languages

focus(English)focaliser(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

ffokussieren
fkoussieren
fokkussieren
foksusieren
fokusieren
fokusiseren
fokusseiren
fokussieern
fokussierenn
fokussierne
fokussierren
fokussireen
fokußieren
foukssieren
ofkussieren

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fokussieren - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

Edit distance from "fokussieren"

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 "fokussieren"?

"fokussieren" is spelled F-O-K-U-S-S-I-E-R-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [fokʊˈsiːʁən].

What does "fokussieren" mean?

As a verb, "fokussieren" means: (sich) in einem Brennpunkt vereinigen

What words are commonly confused with "fokussieren"?

"fokussieren" is commonly confused with "fokussiert", "Fokussierung". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "fokussieren"?

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

What language does "fokussieren" come from?

"fokussieren" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.

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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

fortbestand#23,940 Fledermäuse#23,933 garantierte#23,948 erkennbaren#23,920

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

genüsslich15 variants grandiosen15 variants hilfreiche15 variants deklariert15 variants