Plagiat

Name: Plagiat, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[plaˈɡi̯aːt]

/[plaˈɡi̯aːt]/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“Plagiat” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #42,048. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#42,048
frequency rank, German: 3,409
“P” headwords: 10
tracked misspellings: 2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - das illegitime und illegale Veröffentlichen oder Verwenden von geistigem Eigentum oder Erkenntnissen, die sich eine andere Person erarbeitet oder geschaffen hat mit dem Ziel sich darüber einen pers...

Corpus desk

Index DE-plagiat · Plagiat · German

Plagiat · rank #42,048 · 10 variants · 2 confusables

FREQ-MID #42,048
LEN-LONG 7 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
VAR-MID 10 variants
BOOK-MID 3,409
PHOTO-FINISH Pik

Nearest frequency peer: Pik (-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.

pflegebedür…

57,956
pieces

57,955
Pik

57,954
Plagiat

57,953
Plattdeutsch

57,952
Plattenfirma

57,951

What this shows „Plagiat“ 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).

Plagiat vs plagt

57% similar

Plagiat vs Plakat

71% similar

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

Key facts for Plagiat
Property	Value
Headword	Plagiat
Language	German
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	[plaˈɡi̯aːt]
Letters	7
Frequency rank	#42,048
Misspellings tracked	10
Confusable pairs	2
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Plagiat“

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Plagiatliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#42,048

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Pik“ (#42,047), „Plattdeutsch“ (#42,049), „pieces“ (#42,046). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „Plagiat“ bei #42,048. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around Plagiat (IPA [plaˈɡi̯aːt]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #42,048 among 3,409 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Plagiat, with forms such as "lpagiat", "palgiat", and "plagait". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "plagt", "Plakat", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Plagiat, spelled P-L-A-G-I-A-T.

Definition

1
das illegitime und illegale Veröffentlichen oder Verwenden von geistigem Eigentum oder Erkenntnissen, die sich eine andere Person erarbeitet oder geschaffen hat mit dem Ziel sich darüber einen persönlichen Vorteil zu verschaffen
2
ein (technischer) Gegenstand oder ein geistiges Werk, das durch illegitimes oder illegales Nachahmen oder Kopieren entstanden ist

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Plagiat appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

„Am Mittwoch der vergangenen Woche berichtete die »Süddeutsche Zeitung«, dass der Bremer Rechtswissenschaftler Andreas Fischer-Lescano Guttenbergs Arbeit einer Prüfung unterzogen habe, mit dem Ergebnis: stellenweise »ein dreistes Plagiat«.“
„Sie trat schliesslich zurück, weil sich ihre politikwissenschaftliche Dissertation als Plagiat herausgestellt hatte. Die Freie Universität entzog ihr wenig später den Doktorgrad.“

Synonyms

Diebstahl Fälschung

This word in other languages

plagiarism(English)plagio(Español)plagiat(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

lpagiat
palgiat
plagait
plaggiat
plagiatt
plagita
plaigat
plgaiat
pllagiat
pplagiat

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Plagiat - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

Edit distance from "Plagiat"

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 "Plagiat"?

"Plagiat" is spelled P-L-A-G-I-A-T. The IPA pronunciation is [plaˈɡi̯aːt].

What does "Plagiat" mean?

As a noun, "Plagiat" means: das illegitime und illegale Veröffentlichen oder Verwenden von geistigem Eigentum oder Erkenntnissen, die sich eine andere Person erarbeitet oder geschaffen hat mit dem Ziel sich darüber einen pers...

What words are commonly confused with "Plagiat"?

"Plagiat" is commonly confused with "plagt", "Plakat". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "Plagiat"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Plagiat" is [plaˈɡi̯aːt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "Plagiat" come from?

"Plagiat" 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 "Plagiat", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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Similar misspelling depth

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