konzentrieren

[kɔnt͡sɛnˈtʁiːʁən]

/[kɔnt͡sɛnˈtʁiːʁən]/ verb

The verdict

“konzentrieren” has 20 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #3,903. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,903
frequency rank, German
4,158
“K” headwords
20
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - seine Aufmerksamkeit auf eine Sache lenken

Corpus desk

Index DE-konzentrieren · konzentrieren · German

konzentrieren · rank #3,903 · 20 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,903
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 20 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,158
  • PHOTO-FINISH Konferenz

Nearest frequency peer: Konferenz (-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 „konzentrieren“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „konzentrieren“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

konzentrieren vs konzentriert
85% similar
konzentrieren vs konzentrierte
85% similar
konzentrieren vs konzentrierten
93% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for konzentrieren
PropertyValue
Headwordkonzentrieren
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[kɔnt͡sɛnˈtʁiːʁən]
Letters13
Frequency rank#3,903
Misspellings tracked20
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „konzentrieren“

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).konzentrierenliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Konferenz“ (#3,902), „kürzlich“ (#3,904), „Kollege“ (#3,901). Unter 4,158 „K“-Lemmata liegt „konzentrieren“ bei #3,903. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 20 spelling variants around konzentrieren (IPA [kɔnt͡sɛnˈtʁiːʁən]), averb. Corpus frequency is #3,903 among 4,158 “K” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 20 likely wrong-spelling variants for konzentrieren, with forms such as "kkonzentrieren", "knozentrieren", and "konezntrieren". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "konzentriert", "konzentrierte", "konzentrierten", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is konzentrieren, spelled K-O-N-Z-E-N-T-R-I-E-R-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    seine Aufmerksamkeit auf eine Sache lenken
  2. 2
    ein Konzentrat herstellen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how konzentrieren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Du musst dich ganz auf die Aufgabe konzentrieren und dich nicht immer ablenken lassen.
  2. In den nächsten Monaten konzentriere ich mich auf mein neues Buch.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • kkonzentrieren
  • knozentrieren
  • konezntrieren
  • konnzentrieren
  • konzenntrieren
  • konzenrtieren
  • konzentireren
  • konzentreiren
  • konzentrieern
  • konzentrierenn
  • konzentrierne
  • konzentrierren
  • konzentrireen
  • konzentrrieren
  • konzenttrieren
  • konzetnrieren
  • konznetrieren
  • konzzentrieren
  • koznentrieren
  • oknzentrieren

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of konzentrieren - 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.

kkonzentrieren1knozentrieren2konezntrieren2konnzentrieren1konzenntrieren1konzenrtieren2konzentireren2konzentreiren2
Edit distance from "konzentrieren"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "konzentrieren"?
"konzentrieren" is spelled K-O-N-Z-E-N-T-R-I-E-R-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [kɔnt͡sɛnˈtʁiːʁən].
What does "konzentrieren" mean?
As a verb, "konzentrieren" means: seine Aufmerksamkeit auf eine Sache lenken
What words are commonly confused with "konzentrieren"?
"konzentrieren" is commonly confused with "konzentriert", "konzentrierte", "konzentrierten". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "konzentrieren"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "konzentrieren" is [kɔnt͡sɛnˈtʁiːʁən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "konzentrieren" come from?
"konzentrieren" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "konzentrieren", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (20 here; floor ≥5).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list