Insekten
[ɪnˈzɛktn̩]
The verdict
“Insekten” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #7,070 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #7,070
- frequency rank, German
- 8
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Insekt
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 | Insekten |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɪnˈzɛktn̩] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #7,070 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Insekten” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Insekten is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɪnˈzɛktn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #7,070 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Insekten, with forms such as "ineskten", "innsekten", and "inseketn". 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, "intakten", "Insekt", 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 easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Insekten, spelled I-N-S-E-K-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Insekt
- 2Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Insekt
- 3Dativ Plural des Substantivs Insekt
- 4Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Insekt
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ineskten,innsekten,inseketn,insekkten,insektenn,insektne,insektten,insetken,insketen,inssekten,isnekten,nisekten
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Insekten - 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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Using “Insekten”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is I-N-S-E-K-T-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ɪnˈzɛktn̩] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “intakten” - see the side-by-side comparison. Insekten vs intakten
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.