predigen
[ˈpʁeːdɪɡn̩]
The verdict
“predigen” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #17,686. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #17,686
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Predigt halten
Corpus desk
Index DE-predigen · predigen · German
predigen · rank #17,686 · 12 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-MID #17,686
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH populären
Nearest frequency peer: populären (-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 „predigen“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Plenum
Plenum
82,318 corpus weight
- Plädoyer
Plädoyer
82,317 corpus weight
- populären
populären
82,316 corpus weight
- predigen
predigen
82,315 corpus weight
- production
production
82,314 corpus weight
- präsentiert…
präsentierten
82,313 corpus weight
What this shows „predigen“ 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 | predigen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈpʁeːdɪɡn̩] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #17,686 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „predigen“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around predigen (IPA [ˈpʁeːdɪɡn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #17,686 among 3,409 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for predigen, with forms such as "perdigen", "ppredigen", and "prdeigen". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "preisen", "Predigt", "Prediger", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is predigen, spelled P-R-E-D-I-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1eine Predigt halten
- 2jemandem etwas empfehlen, jemanden zu etwas ermahnen, jemandem etwas sehr nahelegen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how predigen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Pfarrer predigt von der Kanzel.
Ab 1402 predigte Hus in tschechischer Sprache in der Bethlehemskapelle in der Prager Altstadt […]
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- perdigen
- ppredigen
- prdeigen
- preddigen
- predgien
- prediegn
- predigenn
- prediggen
- predigne
- preidgen
- prredigen
- rpedigen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of predigen - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 "predigen", 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).