fotografieren
[fotoɡʁaˈfiːʁən]
The verdict
“fotografieren” has 19 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #7,917. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,917
- frequency rank, German
- 3,474
- “F” headwords
- 19
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein Foto machen
Corpus desk
Index DE-fotografieren · fotografieren · German
fotografieren · rank #7,917 · 19 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #7,917
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 19 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,474
- PHOTO-FINISH Fleck
Nearest frequency peer: Fleck (-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 „fotografieren“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- ewige
ewige
92,087 corpus weight
- Feststellung
Feststellung
92,086 corpus weight
- Fleck
Fleck
92,085 corpus weight
- fotografier…
fotografieren
92,084 corpus weight
- Fächer
Fächer
92,083 corpus weight
- galaxy
galaxy
92,082 corpus weight
What this shows „fotografieren“ 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 | fotografieren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [fotoɡʁaˈfiːʁən] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #7,917 |
| Misspellings tracked | 19 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „fotografieren“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 19 spelling variants around fotografieren (IPA [fotoɡʁaˈfiːʁən]), averb. Corpus frequency is #7,917 among 3,474 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "ein Foto machen".
Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for fotografieren, with forms such as "ffotografieren", "footgrafieren", and "fotgorafieren". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "fotografiert", "fotografierte", "Fotografien", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is fotografieren, spelled F-O-T-O-G-R-A-F-I-E-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1ein Foto machen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how fotografieren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich fotografierte mich selbst mit angeschaltetem Blitzlicht.
„Mit dem Weltraumteleskop Hubble haben die Astronomen die zentrale Region des Krebsnebels um den rotierenden Neutronenstern - hier der rechte der beiden Sterne nahe der Bildmitte - immer wieder ins Visier genommen und in verschiedenen Wellenlängenbereichen fotografiert.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ffotografieren
- footgrafieren
- fotgorafieren
- fotogarfieren
- fotoggrafieren
- fotografeiren
- fotograffieren
- fotografieern
- fotografierenn
- fotografierne
- fotografierren
- fotografireen
- fotograiferen
- fotogrfaieren
- fotogrrafieren
- fotorgafieren
- fottografieren
- ftoografieren
- oftografieren
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fotografieren - 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 "fotografieren", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (19 here; floor ≥5).