Radar
[ʁaˈdaːɐ̯]
The verdict
“Radar” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #11,735. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #11,735
- frequency rank, German
- 2,984
- “R” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein Verfahren zur Ortung, das elektromagnetische Wellen gebündelt als Primärsignal nutzt, um danach von Objekten reflektierte Echos als Sekundärsignal zu empfangen und auszuwerten
Corpus desk
Index DE-radar · Radar · German
Radar · rank #11,735 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #11,735
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,984
- PHOTO-FINISH racing
Nearest frequency peer: racing (-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 “Radar”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Quoten
Quoten
88,268 corpus weight
- racing
racing
88,267 corpus weight
- Radar
Radar
88,266 corpus weight
- RegE
RegE
88,265 corpus weight
- renoviert
renoviert
88,264 corpus weight
- Renovierung
Renovierung
88,263 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Radar” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | Radar |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʁaˈdaːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #11,735 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Radar” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around Radar (IPA [ʁaˈdaːɐ̯]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #11,735 among 2,984 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Radar, with forms such as "ardar", "raadr", and "radarr". 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. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "rar", "rama", "raja", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Radar, spelled R-A-D-A-R.
Definition
- 1ein Verfahren zur Ortung, das elektromagnetische Wellen gebündelt als Primärsignal nutzt, um danach von Objekten reflektierte Echos als Sekundärsignal zu empfangen und auszuwerten
- 2Geräte zur Anwendung, Aussendung, Empfang, Messung und Visualisierung des gleichnamigen Verfahrens^([1])
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Radar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Ortung erfolgt mittels Radar.
„Radar – die furchtbarste Erfindung des Seekrieges – war zu ihnen nur langsam gekommen.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ardar
- raadr
- radarr
- raddar
- radra
- rdaar
- rradar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Radar - 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.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Radar", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- "Radar" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "rar". View pair
- 7 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #11,735 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "R" letter cohort. R–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.