freisetzen
[ˈfʁaɪ̯ˌzɛt͡sn̩]
The verdict
“freisetzen” has 15 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #49,687. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #49,687
- frequency rank, German
- 3,474
- “F” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas sich entwickeln lassen
Corpus desk
Index DE-freisetzen · freisetzen · German
freisetzen · rank #49,687 · 15 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #49,687
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,474
- PHOTO-FINISH Freilichtbühne
Nearest frequency peer: Freilichtbühne (-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 “freisetzen”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Frauenklinik
Frauenklinik
50,317 corpus weight
- Freiheitsst…
Freiheitsstrafen
50,316 corpus weight
- Freilichtbü…
Freilichtbühne
50,315 corpus weight
- freisetzen
freisetzen
50,314 corpus weight
- friere
friere
50,312 corpus weight
- Frikadellen
Frikadellen
50,311 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “freisetzen” 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 | freisetzen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈfʁaɪ̯ˌzɛt͡sn̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #49,687 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “freisetzen” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around freisetzen (IPA [ˈfʁaɪ̯ˌzɛt͡sn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #49,687 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 freisetzen, with forms such as "ferisetzen", "ffreisetzen", and "freiestzen". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Freisetzung", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 freisetzen, spelled F-R-E-I-S-E-T-Z-E-N.
Definition
- 1etwas sich entwickeln lassen
- 2etwas ungewollt entweichen lassen, herauslassen
- 3beschönigend (euphemistisch) für entlassen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how freisetzen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Man muss nur alle schöpferischen Kräfte freisetzen, um das Ziel zu erreichen.
Bei dem Unfall im Kraftwerk wurde nur wenig Radioaktivität freigesetzt.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ferisetzen
- ffreisetzen
- freiestzen
- freisetezn
- freisettzen
- freisetzenn
- freisetzne
- freisetzzen
- freisezten
- freissetzen
- freistezen
- fresietzen
- friesetzen
- frreisetzen
- rfeisetzen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of freisetzen - 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 "freisetzen", 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).
What to do next
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- This headword has one recorded confusable pair with "Freisetzung". View pair
- 15 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #49,687 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "F" letter cohort. F–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.