Korrekturlesen
[kɔʁɛkˈtuːɐ̯ˌleːzn̩]
The verdict
“Korrekturlesen” is uncommon German (frequency #70,482 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,482
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Überprüfung und Berichtigung eines Textes bezüglich Rechtschreibung und Grammatik
Corpus desk
Index DE-korrekturlesen · Korrekturlesen · German
Korrekturlesen · rank #70,482 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #70,482
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH Korporal
Nearest frequency peer: Korporal (-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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Korrekturlesen“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- konjunkture…
konjunkturellen
29,523 corpus weight
- koptischen
koptischen
29,521 corpus weight
- Korporal
Korporal
29,520 corpus weight
- Korrekturle…
Korrekturlesen
29,519 corpus weight
- Kosmetikerin
Kosmetikerin
29,518 corpus weight
- Kostenträger
Kostenträger
29,517 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Korrekturlesen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| 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) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Korrekturlesen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Korrekturlesen is uncommon German at frequency #70,482 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kɔʁɛkˈtuːɐ̯ˌleːzn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Korrekturlesen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„In Dänemark, wo das Weihnachtsfest weniger feierlich als in Deutschland, dafür mit ganz eigenen Bräuchen begangen wird, sind verschiedene Arten von Nissen bekannt, unter anderem der ‚Sætternissen‘: Er schmuggelt Druckfehler in Bücher und Zeitungen – und zwar so trickreich, dass sie beim Korrekturlesen nicht entdeckt werden.“
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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Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Korrekturlesen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).