Idiotie
[idi̯oˈtiː]
The verdict
“Idiotie” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #42,588. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #42,588
- frequency rank, German
- 1,488
- “I” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Stufe der geistigen Behinderung, die durch einen Intelligenzquotienten/IQ von unter 19 gekennzeichnet ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-idiotie · Idiotie · German
Idiotie · rank #42,588 · 8 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #42,588
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,488
- PHOTO-FINISH idyllische
Nearest frequency peer: idyllische (+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 „Idiotie“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Hügels
Hügels
57,417 corpus weight
- Hülse
Hülse
57,416 corpus weight
- Idiotie
Idiotie
57,413 corpus weight
- idyllische
idyllische
57,412 corpus weight
- Indoktrinat…
Indoktrination
57,410 corpus weight
- innovatives
innovatives
57,409 corpus weight
What this shows „Idiotie“ 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 | Idiotie |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [idi̯oˈtiː] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #42,588 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Idiotie“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around Idiotie (IPA [idi̯oˈtiː]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #42,588 among 1,488 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Idiotie, with forms such as "diiotie", "iddiotie", and "idioite". 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, "Idiot", "Idioten", 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 Idiotie, spelled I-D-I-O-T-I-E.
Definition
- 1Stufe der geistigen Behinderung, die durch einen Intelligenzquotienten/IQ von unter 19 gekennzeichnet ist
- 2sehr dummes Verhalten; eine Idee, die nicht durchdacht wurde und negative Konsequenzen mit sich bringt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Idiotie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Deutlich zu früh geborene Kinder sind in höherem Maße als voll ausgetragene von Idiotie, Imbezillität und Epilepsie betroffen.
Kurz vor dem Abi die Schule zu verlassen ist reinste Idiotie.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- diiotie
- iddiotie
- idioite
- idiotei
- idiottie
- iditoie
- idoitie
- iidotie
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Idiotie - 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.
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 "Idiotie", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).