privat

[pʁiˈvaːt]

/[pʁiˈvaːt]/ adj

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The verdict

“privat” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #2,357. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,357
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine einzelne Person betreffend, im Gegensatz zu allgemeinen Bereichen der Gesellschaft (wie Unternehmen, Parteien oder Staaten)

Corpus desk

Index DE-privat · privat · German

privat · rank #2,357 · 9 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,357
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH Ost

Nearest frequency peer: Ost (-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 „privat“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „privat“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

privat vs private
86% similar
privat vs privaten
75% similar
privat vs privater
75% similar

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

Key facts for privat
PropertyValue
Headwordprivat
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[pʁiˈvaːt]
Letters6
Frequency rank#2,357
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „privat“

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

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Ost“ (#2,356), „Rang“ (#2,358), „Nord“ (#2,355). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „privat“ bei #2,357. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around privat (IPA [pʁiˈvaːt]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #2,357 among 3,409 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for privat, with forms such as "pirvat", "pprivat", and "priavt". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "private", "privaten", "privater", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is privat, spelled P-R-I-V-A-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine einzelne Person betreffend, im Gegensatz zu allgemeinen Bereichen der Gesellschaft (wie Unternehmen, Parteien oder Staaten)
  2. 2
    familiär, intern und nicht öffentlich

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Wer heute dafür sorgen will, dass er später nicht auf das Wohlwollen des Gesetzgebers angewiesen ist, wenn er pflegebedürftig wird, muss privat vorsorgen.
  2. „Der Sonderlandeplatz dient dem privaten Geschäftsverkehr und dem Flugsport.“

Synonyms

individuellnichtöffentlichpersönlicheigenfamiliärheimischinternvertrautaußerdienstlichinoffiziell

Antonyms

geschäftlichöffentlich

This word in other languages

private(English)particular(Español)particulier(Français)privado(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • pirvat
  • pprivat
  • priavt
  • privatt
  • privta
  • privvat
  • prrivat
  • prviat
  • rpivat

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

pirvat2pprivat1priavt2privatt1privta2privvat1prrivat1prviat2
Edit distance from "privat"

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 "privat"?
"privat" is spelled P-R-I-V-A-T. The IPA pronunciation is [pʁiˈvaːt].
What does "privat" mean?
As an adjective, "privat" means: eine einzelne Person betreffend, im Gegensatz zu allgemeinen Bereichen der Gesellschaft (wie Unternehmen, Parteien oder Staaten)
What words are commonly confused with "privat"?
"privat" is commonly confused with "private", "privaten", "privater". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "privat"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "privat" is [pʁiˈvaːt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "privat" come from?
"privat" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "privat", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

lautet#2,346Voraus#2,370wartet#2,372ganzes#2,338

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

achten9 variantsDrogen9 variantsAutoren9 variantsSingle9 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list