Referat
[ʁefəˈʁaːt]
The verdict
“Referat” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #11,509 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #11,509
- frequency rank, German
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Weitergabe von zuvor ermittelten Informationen
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 | Referat |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʁefəˈʁaːt] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #11,509 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Referat” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Referat is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ʁefəˈʁaːt]. Corpus data places it at rank #11,509 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Referat, with forms such as "erferat", "reefrat", and "refeart". 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, "Referent", "Reservat", "Referate", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Referat, spelled R-E-F-E-R-A-T.
Definition
- 1Weitergabe von zuvor ermittelten Informationen
- 2Weitergabe von zuvor ermittelten Informationen
- 3Weitergabe von zuvor ermittelten Informationen
- 4Weitergabe von zuvor ermittelten Informationen
- 5Strukturelement einer formalen Organisation
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: erferat,reefrat,refeart,referatt,referrat,referta,refferat,refreat,rfeerat,rreferat
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Referat - 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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Using “Referat”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is R-E-F-E-R-A-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ʁefəˈʁaːt] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Referent” - see the side-by-side comparison. Referat vs Referent
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.