passieren
[paˈsiːʁən]
The verdict
“passieren” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #1,428. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,428
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas durchqueren, an etwas vorbeigehen oder -fahren, einen Ort überschreiten
Corpus desk
Index DE-passieren · passieren · German
passieren · rank #1,428 · 12 variants · 8 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,428
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH Organisation
Nearest frequency peer: Organisation (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “passieren”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Literatur
Literatur
98,576 corpus weight
- miteinander
miteinander
98,575 corpus weight
- Organisation
Organisation
98,574 corpus weight
- passieren
passieren
98,573 corpus weight
- rennen
rennen
98,572 corpus weight
- sage
sage
98,571 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “passieren” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | passieren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [paˈsiːʁən] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #1,428 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “passieren” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around passieren (IPA [paˈsiːʁən]), averb. Corpus frequency is #1,428 among 3,409 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for passieren, with forms such as "apssieren", "pasieren", and "pasiseren". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "passiert", "Passiven", "posieren", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is passieren, spelled P-A-S-S-I-E-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1etwas durchqueren, an etwas vorbeigehen oder -fahren, einen Ort überschreiten
- 2durchseihen (Flüssigkeiten), durchstreichen (weiche Nahrungsmittel, zum Beispiel um Schalenreste oder Kerne zu entfernen)
- 3geschehen (ein Ereignis)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how passieren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wir haben soeben die Landesgrenze passiert.
„Alexei richtete sich nach dem Plan seiner Frau und passierte die Grenze ohne Probleme.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- apssieren
- pasieren
- pasiseren
- passeiren
- passieern
- passierenn
- passierne
- passierren
- passireen
- paßieren
- ppassieren
- psasieren
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of passieren - 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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "passieren", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "passieren". Here's where to go from here.
- "passieren" maps to 8 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "passiert". View pair
- 12 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #1,428 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "P" letter cohort. P–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.