markant
[maʁˈkant]
The verdict
“markant” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #34,250. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #34,250
- frequency rank, German
- 3,571
- “M” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - auffallend, zur Identifikation heranziehbar
Corpus desk
Index DE-markant · markant · German
markant · rank #34,250 · 11 variants · 9 confusables
- FREQ-MID #34,250
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,571
- PHOTO-FINISH Markteinführu…
Nearest frequency peer: Markteinführung (+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 „markant“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Lösungsmitt…
Lösungsmittel
65,754 corpus weight
- Macke
Macke
65,753 corpus weight
- markant
markant
65,751 corpus weight
- Markteinfüh…
Markteinführung
65,750 corpus weight
- marsh
marsh
65,749 corpus weight
- massenweise
massenweise
65,748 corpus weight
What this shows „markant“ 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 | markant |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [maʁˈkant] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #34,250 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „markant“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around markant (IPA [maʁˈkant]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #34,250 among 3,571 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "auffallend, zur Identifikation heranziehbar".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for markant, with forms such as "amrkant", "makrant", and "maraknt". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "Markt", "Marken", "market", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is markant, spelled M-A-R-K-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1auffallend, zur Identifikation heranziehbar
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how markant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er hatte ein wirklich sehr markantes Kinn, weswegen man ihn auf jeder Party wiedererkannte.
„Der Gipfelstürmer sucht das markante Unbekannte. Er hat sportliche Ambitionen.“
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- amrkant
- makrant
- maraknt
- markannt
- markantt
- markatn
- markkant
- marknat
- marrkant
- mmarkant
- mrakant
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of markant - 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 "markant", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).