identifizieren

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

[idɛntifiˈt͡siːʁən]

/[idɛntifiˈt͡siːʁən]/ verb

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

The verdict

“identifizieren” has 20 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #5,384. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,384
frequency rank, German: 1,488
“I” headwords: 20
tracked misspellings: 4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas oder jemanden eindeutig erkennen, wiedererkennen, ausmachen

Corpus desk

Index DE-identifizieren · identifizieren · German

identifizieren · rank #5,384 · 20 variants · 4 confusables

FREQ-COMMON #5,384
LEN-MEGA 14 letters
VOW-7 7 vowels
CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
VAR-HIGH 20 variants
BOOK-MID 1,488
PHOTO-FINISH Häusern

Nearest frequency peer: Häusern (-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.

hohes

94,620
Häusern

94,618
identifizie…

94,617
interessier…

94,616
Kandidat

94,615
Kanzlerin

94,614

What this shows „identifizieren“ 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).

identifizieren vs identifiziert

86% similar

identifizieren vs identifizierte

86% similar

identifizieren vs Identifizierung

80% similar

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

Key facts for identifizieren
Property	Value
Headword	identifizieren
Language	German
Part of speech	Verb
IPA	[idɛntifiˈt͡siːʁən]
Letters	14
Frequency rank	#5,384
Misspellings tracked	20
Confusable pairs	4
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „identifizieren“

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

#5,384

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

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Häusern“ (#5,383), „interessierte“ (#5,385), „Kandidat“ (#5,386). Unter 1,488 „I“-Lemmata liegt „identifizieren“ bei #5,384. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 20 spelling variants around identifizieren (IPA [idɛntifiˈt͡siːʁən]), averb. Corpus frequency is #5,384 among 1,488 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 20 likely wrong-spelling variants for identifizieren, with forms such as "dientifizieren", "iddentifizieren", and "idenitfizieren". 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, "identifiziert", "identifizierte", "Identifizierung", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is identifizieren, spelled I-D-E-N-T-I-F-I-Z-I-E-R-E-N.

Definition

1
etwas oder jemanden eindeutig erkennen, wiedererkennen, ausmachen
2
etwas oder jemanden mit etwas oder jemanden anderem gleichsetzen, in Übereinstimmung bringen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

Ich musste meine Mutter identifizieren.
Über die Gesichtsgeometrie habe ich mich identifiziert.

This word in other languages

identify(English)identificar(Español)identifier(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

dientifizieren
iddentifizieren
idenitfizieren
idenntifizieren
identfiizieren
identiffizieren
identifiizeren
identifizeiren
identifizieern
identifizierenn
identifizierne
identifizierren
identifizireen
identifizzieren
identifziieren
identiifzieren
identtifizieren
idetnifizieren
idnetifizieren
iedntifizieren

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of identifizieren - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

Edit distance from "identifizieren"

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 "identifizieren"?

"identifizieren" is spelled I-D-E-N-T-I-F-I-Z-I-E-R-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [idɛntifiˈt͡siːʁən].

What does "identifizieren" mean?

As a verb, "identifizieren" means: etwas oder jemanden eindeutig erkennen, wiedererkennen, ausmachen

What words are commonly confused with "identifizieren"?

"identifizieren" is commonly confused with "identifiziert", "identifizierte", "Identifizierung". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "identifizieren"?

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

What language does "identifizieren" come from?

"identifizieren" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.

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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (20 here; floor ≥5).

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