kommentieren
[kɔmɛnˈtiːʁən]
The verdict
“kommentieren” has 16 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #8,232. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #8,232
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - einen Sachverhalt von einem bestimmten Standpunkt aus näher erläutern, einen Kommentar abgeben
Corpus desk
Index DE-kommentieren · kommentieren · German
kommentieren · rank #8,232 · 16 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #8,232
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 16 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH Kommune
Nearest frequency peer: Kommune (+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 „kommentieren“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Junges
Junges
91,772 corpus weight
- Kabinett
Kabinett
91,771 corpus weight
- kommentieren
kommentieren
91,769 corpus weight
- Kommune
Kommune
91,768 corpus weight
- Kram
Kram
91,767 corpus weight
- Kugeln
Kugeln
91,766 corpus weight
What this shows „kommentieren“ 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 | kommentieren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [kɔmɛnˈtiːʁən] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #8,232 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „kommentieren“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around kommentieren (IPA [kɔmɛnˈtiːʁən]), averb. Corpus frequency is #8,232 among 4,158 “K” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for kommentieren, with forms such as "kkommentieren", "kmomentieren", and "komemntieren". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "kommentiert", "kompensieren", "kommentierte", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is kommentieren, spelled K-O-M-M-E-N-T-I-E-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1einen Sachverhalt von einem bestimmten Standpunkt aus näher erläutern, einen Kommentar abgeben
- 2ein Geschehnis näher beschreiben
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how kommentieren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Niemand wollte den Abstieg des bekannten Fußballvereins kommentieren.
„Ich werde wieder Deltafliegen gehen, weil ich konnte meinen ersten Flug nicht geniessen, kommentierte der Amerikaner, nicht ohne Galgenhumor.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- kkommentieren
- kmomentieren
- komemntieren
- komentieren
- kommeniteren
- kommenntieren
- kommenteiren
- kommentieern
- kommentierenn
- kommentierne
- kommentierren
- kommentireen
- kommenttieren
- kommetnieren
- kommnetieren
- okmmentieren
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of kommentieren - 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 "kommentieren", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).