Generator
[ɡenəˈʁaːtoːɐ̯]
The verdict
“Generator” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #13,839. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #13,839
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Maschine, die mechanische in elektrische Energie umwandelt
Corpus desk
Index DE-generator · Generator · German
Generator · rank #13,839 · 13 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #13,839
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH gemütlichen
Nearest frequency peer: gemütlichen (-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 „Generator“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- gegenseitig…
gegenseitigen
86,165 corpus weight
- gemütlichen
gemütlichen
86,163 corpus weight
- Generator
Generator
86,162 corpus weight
- gerechte
gerechte
86,161 corpus weight
- gesammelten
gesammelten
86,160 corpus weight
- geschockt
geschockt
86,159 corpus weight
What this shows „Generator“ 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 | Generator |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɡenəˈʁaːtoːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #13,839 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Generator“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around Generator (IPA [ɡenəˈʁaːtoːɐ̯]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #13,839 among 5,117 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Generator, with forms such as "egnerator", "geenrator", and "geneartor". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Generatoren", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Generator, spelled G-E-N-E-R-A-T-O-R.
Definition
- 1Maschine, die mechanische in elektrische Energie umwandelt
- 2Computerprogramm, das aus einer Eingabe eine Zeichenfolge, ein Bild oder ein Audiosignal erzeugt
- 3Apparat zur Gaserzeugung aus festen Brennstoffen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Generator appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„In einem graphisch sehr ansprechenden Applet der University of Colorado ist ein sehr einfacher Generator dargestellt, bei dem - im Gegensatz zur obigen Darstellung - die Spule fest ist und der Magnet rotiert.“
„Um zehn wurde der Generator abgestellt, und Dunkelheit und Stille legten sich über den ganzen Ort.“
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- egnerator
- geenrator
- geneartor
- generaotr
- generatorr
- generatro
- generattor
- generrator
- genertaor
- gennerator
- genreator
- ggenerator
- gneerator
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Generator - 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 "Generator", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).