privaten

/[pʁiˈvaːtn̩]/ adj

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Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,215

in German word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

9

similar word pairs

privaten is anGermanadj. It means: Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Adjektivs privat Pronounced [pʁiˈvaːtn̩]. It ranks #2,215 in German word frequency. Often confused with privater and privates.

Key facts for privaten
PropertyValue
Headwordprivaten
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[pʁiˈvaːtn̩]
Letters8
Frequency rank#2,215
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of privaten in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for privaten is 8 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [pʁiˈvaːtn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,215 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 20 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for privaten, with forms such as "pirvaten", "pprivaten", and "priavten". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "privater", "privates", "Privatjet", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is privaten, spelled P-R-I-V-A-T-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Adjektivs privat
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Adjektivs privat
  3. 3
    Genitiv Singular Neutrum der starken Flexion des Adjektivs privat
  4. 4
    Dativ Plural der starken Flexion des Adjektivs privat
  5. 5
    Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs privat
  6. 6
    Dativ Singular Maskulinum der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs privat
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs privat
  8. 8
    Genitiv Singular Femininum der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs privat
  9. 9
    Dativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs privat
  10. 10
    Genitiv Singular Neutrum der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs privat
  11. 11
    Dativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs privat
  12. 12
    Plural der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs privat
  13. 13
    Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs privat
  14. 14
    Dativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs privat
  15. 15
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs privat
  16. 16
    Genitiv Singular Femininum der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs privat
  17. 17
    Dativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs privat
  18. 18
    Genitiv Singular Neutrum der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs privat
  19. 19
    Dativ Singular Neutrum der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs privat
  20. 20
    Plural der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs privat

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: pirvaten,pprivaten,priavten,privaetn,privatenn,privatne,privatten,privtaen,privvaten,prrivaten,prviaten,rpivaten

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for privaten

Misspelling Variants of "privaten"

pirvaten8pprivaten9priavten8privaetn8privatenn9privatne8privatten9privtaen8
Misspelling Variants of "privaten"

Frequency rank: #2,215 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "privaten"?
"privaten" is spelled P-R-I-V-A-T-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [pʁiˈvaːtn̩].
What does "privaten" mean?
As an adj, "privaten" means: Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Adjektivs privat
What words are commonly confused with "privaten"?
"privaten" is commonly confused with "privater", "privates", "Privatjet". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "privaten"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "privaten" is [pʁiˈvaːtn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "privaten" come from?
"privaten" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.