kontaktieren
[kɔntakˈtiːʁən]
The verdict
“kontaktieren” has 18 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #11,276. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #11,276
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
- 18
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Verbindung aufnehmen
Corpus desk
Index DE-kontaktieren · kontaktieren · German
kontaktieren · rank #11,276 · 18 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #11,276
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 18 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH Kopien
Nearest frequency peer: Kopien (+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 „kontaktieren“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Klammern
Klammern
88,729 corpus weight
- Knall
Knall
88,728 corpus weight
- Kolonie
Kolonie
88,727 corpus weight
- kontaktieren
kontaktieren
88,725 corpus weight
- Kopien
Kopien
88,724 corpus weight
- Kundgebung
Kundgebung
88,723 corpus weight
What this shows „kontaktieren“ 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 | kontaktieren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [kɔntakˈtiːʁən] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #11,276 |
| Misspellings tracked | 18 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „kontaktieren“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 18 spelling variants around kontaktieren (IPA [kɔntakˈtiːʁən]), averb. Corpus frequency is #11,276 among 4,158 “K” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Verbindung aufnehmen".
Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for kontaktieren, with forms such as "kkontaktieren", "knotaktieren", and "konatktieren". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "kontaktiert", "kontaktiere", 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 kontaktieren, spelled K-O-N-T-A-K-T-I-E-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1Verbindung aufnehmen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how kontaktieren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wenn Sie Fragen haben, kontaktieren Sie uns bitte per E-Mail oder Telefon.
Bevor wir den Auftrag vergeben, sollten wir auch noch andere Anbieter kontaktieren.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- kkontaktieren
- knotaktieren
- konatktieren
- konntaktieren
- kontakiteren
- kontakktieren
- kontakteiren
- kontaktieern
- kontaktierenn
- kontaktierne
- kontaktierren
- kontaktireen
- kontakttieren
- kontatkieren
- kontkatieren
- konttaktieren
- kotnaktieren
- okntaktieren
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of kontaktieren - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 "kontaktieren", 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 (18 here; floor ≥5).