privates

Name: privates, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[pʁiˈvaːtəs]

/[pʁiˈvaːtəs]/ adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“privates” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #10,342. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,342
frequency rank, German: 3,409
“P” headwords: 12
tracked misspellings: 8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs privat

Corpus desk

Index DE-privates · privates · German

privates · rank #10,342 · 12 variants · 8 confusables

FREQ-MID #10,342
LEN-LONG 8 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
VAR-MID 12 variants
BOOK-MID 3,409
PHOTO-FINISH Politikerin

Nearest frequency peer: Politikerin (-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.

pflegt

89,662
Politikerin

89,660
privates

89,659
pädagogische

89,658
Qualitäten

89,657
quo

89,656

What this shows „privates“ 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).

privates vs Privatjet

67% similar

privates vs privat

75% similar

privates vs private

88% similar

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

Key facts for privates
Property	Value
Headword	privates
Language	German
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	[pʁiˈvaːtəs]
Letters	8
Frequency rank	#10,342
Misspellings tracked	12
Confusable pairs	8
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „privates“

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

#10,342

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Politikerin“ (#10,341), „pädagogische“ (#10,343), „Qualitäten“ (#10,344). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „privates“ bei #10,342. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around privates (IPA [pʁiˈvaːtəs]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #10,342 among 3,409 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for privates, with forms such as "pirvates", "pprivates", and "priavtes". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "Privatjet", "privat", "private", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is privates, spelled P-R-I-V-A-T-E-S.

Definition

1
Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs privat
2
Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs privat
3
Nominativ Singular Neutrum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs privat
4
Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs privat

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

pirvates
pprivates
priavtes
privaets
privatess
privatse
privattes
privtaes
privvates
prrivates
prviates
rpivates

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

Edit distance from "privates"

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 "privates"?

"privates" is spelled P-R-I-V-A-T-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is [pʁiˈvaːtəs].

What does "privates" mean?

As an adjective, "privates" means: Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs privat

What words are commonly confused with "privates"?

"privates" is commonly confused with "Privatjet", "privat", "private". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "privates"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "privates" is [pʁiˈvaːtəs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "privates" come from?

"privates" 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 "privates", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

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