Privatperson
[pʁiˈvaːtpɛʁˌzoːn]
The verdict
“Privatperson” has 19 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #32,718. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #32,718
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
- 19
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine von Behörden und Firmen unabhängige, in eigener Sache handelnde Person
Corpus desk
Index DE-privatperson · Privatperson · German
Privatperson · rank #32,718 · 19 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #32,718
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 19 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH prekäre
Nearest frequency peer: prekäre (-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 „Privatperson“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Postmoderne
Postmoderne
67,286 corpus weight
- prekäre
prekäre
67,284 corpus weight
- Privatperson
Privatperson
67,283 corpus weight
- produktiver
produktiver
67,282 corpus weight
- Profilen
Profilen
67,281 corpus weight
- proof
proof
67,280 corpus weight
What this shows „Privatperson“ 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 | Privatperson |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [pʁiˈvaːtpɛʁˌzoːn] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #32,718 |
| Misspellings tracked | 19 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Privatperson“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 19 spelling variants around Privatperson (IPA [pʁiˈvaːtpɛʁˌzoːn]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #32,718 among 3,409 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "eine von Behörden und Firmen unabhängige, in eigener Sache handelnde Person".
Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for Privatperson, with forms such as "pirvatperson", "pprivatperson", and "priavtperson". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Privatpersonen", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Privatperson, spelled P-R-I-V-A-T-P-E-R-S-O-N.
Definition
- 1eine von Behörden und Firmen unabhängige, in eigener Sache handelnde Person
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Privatperson appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Der Anwalt ist der vertragliche oder gesetzliche Vertreter von Privatpersonen, dem Staat oder Behörden oder Gerichten.“
„Was ihm in der Kathedrale zugestoßen war, hatte schon für eine Privatperson genug Peinliches; wie beschämend nun erst für ihn als Amtsperson, sich diese Blöße gegeben zu haben.“
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- pirvatperson
- pprivatperson
- priavtperson
- privapterson
- privateprson
- privatperosn
- privatperrson
- privatpersno
- privatpersonn
- privatpersson
- privatpesron
- privatpperson
- privatpreson
- privattperson
- privtaperson
- privvatperson
- prrivatperson
- prviatperson
- rpivatperson
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Privatperson - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "Privatperson", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (19 here; floor ≥5).