konkurrieren
[kɔŋkʊˈʁiːʁən]
The verdict
“konkurrieren” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #19,974 in German word frequency and used as a verb.
- #19,974
- frequency rank, German
- 12
- letters
- 16
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - mit jemandem in Konkurrenz stehen, wetteifern
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 | konkurrieren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [kɔŋkʊˈʁiːʁən] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #19,974 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “konkurrieren” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for konkurrieren is 12 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kɔŋkʊˈʁiːʁən]. Corpus data places it at rank #19,974 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "mit jemandem in Konkurrenz stehen, wetteifern".
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for konkurrieren, with forms such as "kkonkurrieren", "knokurrieren", and "koknurrieren". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "konkurrierende", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is konkurrieren, spelled K-O-N-K-U-R-R-I-E-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1mit jemandem in Konkurrenz stehen, wetteifern
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: kkonkurrieren,knokurrieren,koknurrieren,konkkurrieren,konkrurieren,konkurieren,konkurireren,konkurreiren,konkurrieern,konkurrierenn,konkurrierne,konkurrierren,konkurrireen,konnkurrieren,konukrrieren,oknkurrieren
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of konkurrieren - 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 “konkurrieren”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is K-O-N-K-U-R-R-I-E-R-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [kɔŋkʊˈʁiːʁən] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “konkurrierende” - see the side-by-side comparison. konkurrieren vs konkurrierende
- 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.