platzen
[ˈplat͡sn̩]
The verdict
“platzen” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #11,307. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #11,307
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - durch hohen Innendruck explodieren
Corpus desk
Index DE-platzen · platzen · German
platzen · rank #11,307 · 11 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #11,307
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH Philosoph
Nearest frequency peer: Philosoph (-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 „platzen“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Penny
Penny
88,697 corpus weight
- pfeifen
pfeifen
88,696 corpus weight
- Philosoph
Philosoph
88,695 corpus weight
- platzen
platzen
88,694 corpus weight
- populär
populär
88,693 corpus weight
- Preisträger
Preisträger
88,692 corpus weight
What this shows „platzen“ 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 | platzen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈplat͡sn̩] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #11,307 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „platzen“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around platzen (IPA [ˈplat͡sn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #11,307 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 platzen, with forms such as "lpatzen", "paltzen", and "platezn". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "putzen", "platzt", "Plauen", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is platzen, spelled P-L-A-T-Z-E-N.
Definition
- 1durch hohen Innendruck explodieren
- 2einen emotionalen Ausbruch haben
- 3plötzlich oder überraschend enden, scheitern
- 4plötzlich hinzustoßen, dort auftreten
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how platzen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Luftballon platzte wegen Überhitzung.
Der Chef war über die Schlamperei so erzürnt, dass er vor Wut fast platzte; das sah aber so drollig aus, dass sich seine Untergebenen schwer hüten mussten, nicht ihrerseits vor Lachen zu platzen.
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- lpatzen
- paltzen
- platezn
- plattzen
- platzenn
- platzne
- platzzen
- plazten
- pllatzen
- pltazen
- pplatzen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of platzen - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 "platzen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).