Petersen
[ˈpeːtɐsn̩]
The verdict
“Petersen” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #14,892. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #14,892
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - deutschsprachiger Familienname, Nachname
Corpus desk
Index DE-petersen · Petersen · German
Petersen · rank #14,892 · 12 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #14,892
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH perle
Nearest frequency peer: perle (-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 „Petersen“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- passender
passender
85,111 corpus weight
- perle
perle
85,110 corpus weight
- Petersen
Petersen
85,109 corpus weight
- Pfannkuchen
Pfannkuchen
85,108 corpus weight
- Phantom
Phantom
85,107 corpus weight
- pick
pick
85,106 corpus weight
What this shows „Petersen“ 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 | Petersen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈpeːtɐsn̩] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #14,892 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Petersen“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around Petersen (IPA [ˈpeːtɐsn̩]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #14,892 among 3,409 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "deutschsprachiger Familienname, Nachname".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Petersen, with forms such as "eptersen", "peetrsen", and "peteresn". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Peters", "perversen", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Petersen, spelled P-E-T-E-R-S-E-N.
Definition
- 1deutschsprachiger Familienname, Nachname
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Petersen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Frau Petersen ist ein Genie im Verkauf.
Herr Petersen wollte uns kein Interview geben.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- eptersen
- peetrsen
- peteresn
- peterrsen
- petersenn
- petersne
- peterssen
- petesren
- petresen
- pettersen
- ppetersen
- pteersen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Petersen - 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 "Petersen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).