private

[pʁiˈvaːtə]

/[pʁiˈvaːtə]/ adj

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The verdict

“private” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #2,037. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,037
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs privat

Corpus desk

Index DE-private · private · German

private · rank #2,037 · 10 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,037
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH praktisch

Nearest frequency peer: praktisch (-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 „private“

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

corpus weight

What this shows „private“ 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).

private vs privaten
88% similar
private vs privater
88% similar
private vs privates
88% similar

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

Key facts for private
PropertyValue
Headwordprivate
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[pʁiˈvaːtə]
Letters7
Frequency rank#2,037
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „private“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).privateliegt 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: „praktisch“ (#2,036), „Respekt“ (#2,038), „persönliche“ (#2,035). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „private“ bei #2,037. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around private (IPA [pʁiˈvaːtə]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #2,037 among 3,409 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 11 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for private, with forms such as "pirvate", "pprivate", and "priavte". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "privaten", "privater", "privates", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is private, spelled P-R-I-V-A-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs privat
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs privat
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs privat
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs privat
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular Maskulinum Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs privat
  6. 6
    Nominativ Singular Femininum Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs privat
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs privat
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Neutrum Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs privat
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs privat
  10. 10
    Nominativ Singular Femininum Positiv der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs privat
  11. 11
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum Positiv der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs privat

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • pirvate
  • pprivate
  • priavte
  • privaet
  • privatte
  • privtae
  • privvate
  • prrivate
  • prviate
  • rpivate

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of private - 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.

pirvate2pprivate1priavte2privaet2privatte1privtae2privvate1prrivate1
Edit distance from "private"

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 "private"?
"private" is spelled P-R-I-V-A-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [pʁiˈvaːtə].
What does "private" mean?
As an adjective, "private" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs privat
What words are commonly confused with "private"?
"private" is commonly confused with "privaten", "privater", "privates". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "private"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "private" is [pʁiˈvaːtə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "private" come from?
"private" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Respekt#2,038schönes#2,040steuern#2,042komisch#2,030

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

Analyse10 variantsAuftritt10 variantsaussagen10 variantsgetötet10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list