Quantum
[ˈkvantʊm]
The verdict
“Quantum” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #22,852. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #22,852
- frequency rank, German
- 216
- “Q” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine bestimmte Menge oder Anzahl von etwas
Corpus desk
Index DE-quantum · Quantum · German
Quantum · rank #22,852 · 10 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #22,852
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 216
- PHOTO-FINISH Raben
Nearest frequency peer: Raben (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Quantum”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- perverse
perverse
77,153 corpus weight
- Psychologin
Psychologin
77,152 corpus weight
- Pöbel
Pöbel
77,151 corpus weight
- Quantum
Quantum
77,149 corpus weight
- Raben
Raben
77,148 corpus weight
- ranch
ranch
77,147 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Quantum” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Quantum |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkvantʊm] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #22,852 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Quantum” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around Quantum (IPA [ˈkvantʊm]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #22,852 among 216 “Q” headwords. Dominant gloss: "eine bestimmte Menge oder Anzahl von etwas".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Quantum, with forms such as "qauntum", "qquantum", and "quanntum". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Quantum, spelled Q-U-A-N-T-U-M.
Definition
- 1eine bestimmte Menge oder Anzahl von etwas
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Quantum appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mit einem Quantum Glück kriegen wir das schon hin.
„Vermischt mit einem bestimmten Quantum Sand, entstand ein sehr guter Kalkmörtel.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- qauntum
- qquantum
- quanntum
- quantmu
- quanttum
- quantumm
- quanutm
- quatnum
- qunatum
- uqantum
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Quantum - 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.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- 10 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.