Passagen

[paˈsaːʒən]

/[paˈsaːʒən]/ noun

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The verdict

“Passagen” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #11,497. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#11,497
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Passage

Corpus desk

Index DE-passagen · Passagen · German

Passagen · rank #11,497 · 11 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #11,497
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH Pflaster

Nearest frequency peer: Pflaster (+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 „Passagen“

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

corpus weight

What this shows „Passagen“ 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).

Passagen vs passen
63% similar
Passagen vs passten
63% similar
Passagen vs Passiven
75% similar

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

Key facts for Passagen
PropertyValue
HeadwordPassagen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[paˈsaːʒən]
Letters8
Frequency rank#11,497
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Passagen“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Passagenliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Pflaster“ (#11,498), „optische“ (#11,495), „philosophische“ (#11,499). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „Passagen“ bei #11,497. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around Passagen (IPA [paˈsaːʒən]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #11,497 among 3,409 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Passagen, with forms such as "apssagen", "pasagen", and "pasasgen". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "passen", "passten", "Passiven", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Passagen, spelled P-A-S-S-A-G-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Passage
  2. 2
    Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Passage
  3. 3
    Dativ Plural des Substantivs Passage
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Passage

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • apssagen
  • pasagen
  • pasasgen
  • passaegn
  • passagenn
  • passaggen
  • passagne
  • passgaen
  • paßagen
  • ppassagen
  • psasagen

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Passagen - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

apssagen2pasagen1pasasgen2passaegn2passagenn1passaggen1passagne2passgaen2
Edit distance from "Passagen"

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 "Passagen"?
"Passagen" is spelled P-A-S-S-A-G-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [paˈsaːʒən].
What does "Passagen" mean?
As a noun, "Passagen" means: Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Passage
What words are commonly confused with "Passagen"?
"Passagen" is commonly confused with "passen", "passten", "Passiven". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Passagen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Passagen" is [paˈsaːʒən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Passagen" come from?
"Passagen" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Pflaster#11,498optische#11,495Physiker#11,500Mädchens#11,485

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

relation11 variantsriesiges11 variantssexueller11 variantsSlowakei11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list