rational
[ˌʁat͡si̯oˈnaːl]
The verdict
“rational” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #16,522. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #16,522
- frequency rank, German
- 2,984
- “R” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mit dem Verstand, der Vernunft zu tun habend
Corpus desk
Index DE-rational · rational · German
rational · rank #16,522 · 11 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #16,522
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,984
- PHOTO-FINISH quatschen
Nearest frequency peer: quatschen (-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 “rational”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- professional
professional
83,482 corpus weight
- Prädikat
Prädikat
83,481 corpus weight
- quatschen
quatschen
83,480 corpus weight
- rational
rational
83,479 corpus weight
- rauben
rauben
83,478 corpus weight
- Rechtsstreit
Rechtsstreit
83,477 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “rational” 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 | rational |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˌʁat͡si̯oˈnaːl] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #16,522 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “rational” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around rational (IPA [ˌʁat͡si̯oˈnaːl]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #16,522 among 2,984 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for rational, with forms such as "artional", "raitonal", and "ratinoal". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "regional", "rationale", "rationalen", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is rational, spelled R-A-T-I-O-N-A-L.
Definition
- 1mit dem Verstand, der Vernunft zu tun habend
- 2als Verhältnis zweier Ganzzahlen (als Bruch) darstellbar
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how rational appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In diesem Zustand war er keinen rationalen Argumenten mehr zugänglich.
„Sie erklärt nicht etwa, Hobbes wolle durch Rückgriff auf den biblischen Mythos seine rationale Staatsphilosophie zusätzlich absichern.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- artional
- raitonal
- ratinoal
- ratioanl
- rationall
- rationla
- rationnal
- ratoinal
- rattional
- rrational
- rtaional
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of rational - 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 "rational", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- "rational" maps to 4 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "regional". View pair
- 11 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #16,522 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.