Inserat
[ɪnzeˈʁaːt]
The verdict
“Inserat” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #35,852 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #35,852
- frequency rank, German
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Anzeige in einer Zeitung oder Zeitschrift
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 | Inserat |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɪnzeˈʁaːt] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #35,852 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Inserat” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Inserat is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɪnzeˈʁaːt]. Corpus data places it at rank #35,852 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Anzeige in einer Zeitung oder Zeitschrift".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Inserat, with forms such as "inesrat", "innserat", and "inseart". 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, "Internat", "Inserate", "Insekt", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology 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 Inserat, spelled I-N-S-E-R-A-T.
Definition
- 1Anzeige in einer Zeitung oder Zeitschrift
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: inesrat,innserat,inseart,inseratt,inserrat,inserta,insreat,insserat,isnerat,niserat
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Inserat - 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 “Inserat”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is I-N-S-E-R-A-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ɪnzeˈʁaːt] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Internat” - see the side-by-side comparison. Inserat vs Internat
- 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.