Korrekturlesen
[kɔʁɛkˈtuːɐ̯ˌleːzn̩]
The verdict
“Korrekturlesen” is an uncommon German word, ranked #70,482 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #70,482
- frequency rank, German
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Überprüfung und Berichtigung eines Textes bezüglich Rechtschreibung und Grammatik
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Korrekturlesen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kɔʁɛkˈtuːɐ̯ˌleːzn̩] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #70,482 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Korrekturlesen” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Korrekturlesen is 14 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kɔʁɛkˈtuːɐ̯ˌleːzn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #70,482 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Überprüfung und Berichtigung eines Textes bezüglich Rechtschreibung und Grammatik".
Zero misspellings are on record for Korrekturlesen in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Korrekturlesen, spelled K-O-R-R-E-K-T-U-R-L-E-S-E-N.
Definition
- 1Überprüfung und Berichtigung eines Textes bezüglich Rechtschreibung und Grammatik
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 “Korrekturlesen”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is K-O-R-R-E-K-T-U-R-L-E-S-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [kɔʁɛkˈtuːɐ̯ˌleːzn̩] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.