Redakteur

[ʁedakˈtøːɐ̯]

/[ʁedakˈtøːɐ̯]/ noun

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The verdict

“Redakteur” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #7,981. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,981
frequency rank, German
2,984
“R” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Person, die in den Medien (Fernsehen, Presse, Rundfunk, Verlage) Manuskripte abfasst, überarbeitet und verbessert

Corpus desk

Index DE-redakteur · Redakteur · German

Redakteur · rank #7,981 · 13 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,981
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,984
  • PHOTO-FINISH realisieren

Nearest frequency peer: realisieren (-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 „Redakteur“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „Redakteur“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Redakteur vs Redakteure
90% similar
Redakteur vs Redakteurin
82% similar
Redakteur vs Redakteuren
82% similar

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

Key facts for Redakteur
PropertyValue
HeadwordRedakteur
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ʁedakˈtøːɐ̯]
Letters9
Frequency rank#7,981
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Redakteur“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Redakteurliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „realisieren“ (#7,980), „Reichstag“ (#7,982), „publiziert“ (#7,979). Unter 2,984 „R“-Lemmata liegt „Redakteur“ bei #7,981. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around Redakteur (IPA [ʁedakˈtøːɐ̯]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,981 among 2,984 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Person, die in den Medien (Fernsehen, Presse, Rundfunk, Verlage) Manuskripte abfasst, überarbeitet und verbessert".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Redakteur, with forms such as "erdakteur", "rdeakteur", and "readkteur". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Redakteure", "Redakteurin", "Redakteuren", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

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 Redakteur, spelled R-E-D-A-K-T-E-U-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Person, die in den Medien (Fernsehen, Presse, Rundfunk, Verlage) Manuskripte abfasst, überarbeitet und verbessert

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Redakteur appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Künftig werden sicher nur Führungskräfte in den Redaktionen sitzen, also Redakteure, die das Blatt machen, es aber nicht füllen“, sagt Manfred Bausch (Experte der Bundesarbeitsagentur).
  2. „Der Redakteur war inzwischen gegangen und hatte uns sein Büro überlassen.“

Synonyms

Schriftleiter

This word in other languages

editor(English)redactor(Español)éditeur(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • erdakteur
  • rdeakteur
  • readkteur
  • redaketur
  • redakkteur
  • redakteru
  • redakteurr
  • redaktteur
  • redaktuer
  • redatkeur
  • reddakteur
  • redkateur
  • rredakteur

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Redakteur - 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.

erdakteur2rdeakteur2readkteur2redaketur2redakkteur1redakteru2redakteurr1redaktteur1
Edit distance from "Redakteur"

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 "Redakteur"?
"Redakteur" is spelled R-E-D-A-K-T-E-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ʁedakˈtøːɐ̯].
What does "Redakteur" mean?
As a noun, "Redakteur" means: Person, die in den Medien (Fernsehen, Presse, Rundfunk, Verlage) Manuskripte abfasst, überarbeitet und verbessert
What words are commonly confused with "Redakteur"?
"Redakteur" is commonly confused with "Redakteure", "Redakteurin", "Redakteuren". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Redakteur"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Redakteur" is [ʁedakˈtøːɐ̯]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Redakteur" come from?
"Redakteur" 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 "Redakteur", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Reichstag#7,982psychisch#7,976Netzwerke#7,967vergangen#8,001

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

Projekts13 variantsStärkung13 variantswahrlich13 variantskorrigiert13 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list