Jahrzehnt
[ˌjaːɐ̯ˈt͡seːnt]
The verdict
“Jahrzehnt” has 15 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #8,889. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #8,889
- frequency rank, German
- 699
- “J” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein Zeitraum von zehn Jahren (vom 1. 1. xxx1 bis 31. 12. xxx0)
Corpus desk
Index DE-jahrzehnt · Jahrzehnt · German
Jahrzehnt · rank #8,889 · 15 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #8,889
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-MID 699
- PHOTO-FINISH Italiens
Nearest frequency peer: Italiens (-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 „Jahrzehnt“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- internation…
internationales
91,115 corpus weight
- ISO
ISO
91,114 corpus weight
- Italiens
Italiens
91,113 corpus weight
- Jahrzehnt
Jahrzehnt
91,112 corpus weight
- Jersey
Jersey
91,111 corpus weight
- Jg
Jg
91,110 corpus weight
What this shows „Jahrzehnt“ 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 | Jahrzehnt |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˌjaːɐ̯ˈt͡seːnt] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #8,889 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Jahrzehnt“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around Jahrzehnt (IPA [ˌjaːɐ̯ˈt͡seːnt]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,889 among 699 “J” headwords. Dominant gloss: "ein Zeitraum von zehn Jahren (vom 1. 1. xxx1 bis 31. 12. xxx0)".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for Jahrzehnt, with forms such as "ajhrzehnt", "jahhrzehnt", and "jahrezhnt". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Jahrzehnte", "Jahrzehnts", "Jahrzehnten", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Jahrzehnt, spelled J-A-H-R-Z-E-H-N-T.
Definition
- 1ein Zeitraum von zehn Jahren (vom 1. 1. xxx1 bis 31. 12. xxx0)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Jahrzehnt appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Und wieder ist ein Jahrzehnt Geschichte vorbei.
„Seit Jahrzehnten wird darum gestritten, ob Weißkopf oder den Gebrüdern Wright der [sic!] Verdienst des ersten kontrollierten Motorflugs zugesprochen werden soll.“
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ajhrzehnt
- jahhrzehnt
- jahrezhnt
- jahrrzehnt
- jahrzehhnt
- jahrzehnnt
- jahrzehntt
- jahrzehtn
- jahrzenht
- jahrzhent
- jahrzzehnt
- jahzrehnt
- jarhzehnt
- jharzehnt
- jjahrzehnt
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Jahrzehnt - 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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Jahrzehnt", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).