Podcast
[ˈpɔtˌkaːst]
The verdict
“Podcast” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #6,226. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #6,226
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Serie per Internet abonnierbarer Audio- oder Videobeiträge
Corpus desk
Index DE-podcast · Podcast · German
Podcast · rank #6,226 · 11 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #6,226
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH Ostern
Nearest frequency peer: Ostern (-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 “Podcast”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Münzen
Münzen
93,779 corpus weight
- oberste
oberste
93,777 corpus weight
- Ostern
Ostern
93,776 corpus weight
- Podcast
Podcast
93,775 corpus weight
- probiert
probiert
93,774 corpus weight
- Ruhestand
Ruhestand
93,772 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Podcast” 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 | Podcast |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈpɔtˌkaːst] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #6,226 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Podcast” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around Podcast (IPA [ˈpɔtˌkaːst]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,226 among 3,409 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Podcast, with forms such as "opdcast", "pdocast", and "pocdast". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Podest", "Podcasts", 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, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Podcast, spelled P-O-D-C-A-S-T.
Definition
- 1Serie per Internet abonnierbarer Audio- oder Videobeiträge
- 2einzelner Beitrag aus [1]
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Podcast appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Podcasts gehören zu einem typischen Element des Web 2.0.
„Stein begleitet mich, wir hören elektronische Musik und Podcasts.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- opdcast
- pdocast
- pocdast
- podacst
- podcasst
- podcastt
- podcats
- podccast
- podcsat
- poddcast
- ppodcast
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Podcast - 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Podcast", 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).
What to do next
You've looked up "Podcast". Here's where to go from here.
- "Podcast" maps to 2 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "Podest". View pair
- 11 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #6,226 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.