preisgeben
[ˈpʁaɪ̯sˌɡeːbn̩]
The verdict
“preisgeben” has 15 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #23,664. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #23,664
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas oder jemanden verraten, eine Information herausgeben
Corpus desk
Index DE-preisgeben · preisgeben · German
preisgeben · rank #23,664 · 15 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #23,664
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH plündern
Nearest frequency peer: plündern (-2 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 „preisgeben“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Pinguin
Pinguin
76,341 corpus weight
- Plugin
Plugin
76,340 corpus weight
- plündern
plündern
76,339 corpus weight
- preisgeben
preisgeben
76,337 corpus weight
- princess
princess
76,335 corpus weight
- Promo
Promo
76,334 corpus weight
What this shows „preisgeben“ 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 | preisgeben |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈpʁaɪ̯sˌɡeːbn̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #23,664 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „preisgeben“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around preisgeben (IPA [ˈpʁaɪ̯sˌɡeːbn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #23,664 among 3,409 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for preisgeben, with forms such as "perisgeben", "ppreisgeben", and "preigseben". 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, "preisgegeben", "preiszugeben", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is preisgeben, spelled P-R-E-I-S-G-E-B-E-N.
Definition
- 1etwas oder jemanden verraten, eine Information herausgeben
- 2etwas oder jemanden einer Sache oder einer Person überlassen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how preisgeben appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Gefangene wollte das Versteck seines Komplizen nicht preisgeben.
Mit diesem Schritt gab er nicht nur seine Ehre, sondern auch seine Freiheit preis.
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- perisgeben
- ppreisgeben
- preigseben
- preisegben
- preisgbeen
- preisgebben
- preisgebenn
- preisgebne
- preisgeebn
- preisggeben
- preissgeben
- presigeben
- priesgeben
- prreisgeben
- rpeisgeben
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of preisgeben - 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 "preisgeben", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).