Internet
[ˈɪntɐnɛt]
The verdict
“Internet” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #504. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #504
- frequency rank, German
- 1,488
- “I” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 11
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Online-Medium; weltweites, öffentliches Computernetzwerk
Corpus desk
Index DE-internet · Internet · German
Internet · rank #504 · 12 variants · 11 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #504
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,488
- PHOTO-FINISH Film
Nearest frequency peer: Film (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Internet”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Denken
Denken
99,500 corpus weight
- fand
fand
99,499 corpus weight
- Film
Film
99,498 corpus weight
- Internet
Internet
99,497 corpus weight
- Laut
Laut
99,496 corpus weight
- lesen
lesen
99,495 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Internet” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | Internet |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɪntɐnɛt] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #504 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 11 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Internet” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around Internet (IPA [ˈɪntɐnɛt]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #504 among 1,488 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Online-Medium; weltweites, öffentliches Computernetzwerk".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Internet, with forms such as "inetrnet", "innternet", and "intenret". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "intranet", "Internets", "Interpret", 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 its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Internet, spelled I-N-T-E-R-N-E-T.
Definition
- 1Online-Medium; weltweites, öffentliches Computernetzwerk
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Internet appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das Internet verbindet viele Computer auf der Welt.
„Während das Internet bislang eher ein Meer der Anonymität war, aus dem lediglich Inseln mit namentlicher Nutzernennung ragten, kehrt sich dieses Verhältnis derzeit um.“
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- inetrnet
- innternet
- intenret
- interent
- internett
- internnet
- internte
- interrnet
- intrenet
- intternet
- itnernet
- niternet
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Internet - 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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Internet", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).
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.