Mitarbeiter
[ˈmɪtʔaʁˌbaɪ̯tɐ]
The verdict
“Mitarbeiter” has 16 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #735. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #735
- frequency rank, German
- 3,571
- “M” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemand, der zusammen mit anderen im gleichen Betrieb oder in der gleichen Institution arbeitet
Corpus desk
Index DE-mitarbeiter · Mitarbeiter · German
Mitarbeiter · rank #735 · 16 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #735
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 16 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,571
- PHOTO-FINISH Kunst
Nearest frequency peer: Kunst (-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 „Mitarbeiter“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- handelt
handelt
99,269 corpus weight
- kennen
kennen
99,268 corpus weight
- Kunst
Kunst
99,267 corpus weight
- Mitarbeiter
Mitarbeiter
99,266 corpus weight
- sah
sah
99,265 corpus weight
- sorgen
sorgen
99,264 corpus weight
What this shows „Mitarbeiter“ 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 | Mitarbeiter |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmɪtʔaʁˌbaɪ̯tɐ] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #735 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Mitarbeiter“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around Mitarbeiter (IPA [ˈmɪtʔaʁˌbaɪ̯tɐ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #735 among 3,571 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for Mitarbeiter, with forms such as "imtarbeiter", "miatrbeiter", and "mitabreiter". 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, "Mitarbeitern", "Mitarbeiters", "Mitarbeiterin", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Mitarbeiter, spelled M-I-T-A-R-B-E-I-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1jemand, der zusammen mit anderen im gleichen Betrieb oder in der gleichen Institution arbeitet
- 2jemand, der in der Gruppe oder Firma einer Person arbeitet, die ihm Weisungen erteilen kann
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Mitarbeiter appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Firma hat zwölf Mitarbeiter.
„In einer Firma wurden vier einheimische Mitarbeiter gegen vier billigere Arbeitskräfte aus dem Ausland eingetauscht, aber niemand wusste, dass es sich bei ihnen um Kannibalen handelte.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- imtarbeiter
- miatrbeiter
- mitabreiter
- mitarbbeiter
- mitarbeietr
- mitarbeiterr
- mitarbeitre
- mitarbeitter
- mitarbetier
- mitarbieter
- mitarebiter
- mitarrbeiter
- mitrabeiter
- mittarbeiter
- mmitarbeiter
- mtiarbeiter
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Mitarbeiter - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "Mitarbeiter", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).