Referaten
[ʁefəˈʁaːtn̩]
The verdict
“Referaten” is uncommon German (frequency #78,451 among 42,116 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,451
- frequency rank, German
- 42,116
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Dativ Plural des Substantivs Referat
Corpus desk
Index DE-referaten · Referaten · German
Referaten · rank #78,451 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #78,451
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 42,116
- PHOTO-FINISH reduziertem
Nearest frequency peer: reduziertem (-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 “Referaten”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Rechtsanwal…
Rechtsanwaltskammer
21,554 corpus weight
- rechtschaff…
rechtschaffen
21,553 corpus weight
- reduziertem
reduziertem
21,551 corpus weight
- Referaten
Referaten
21,550 corpus weight
- Regierungss…
Regierungssystem
21,548 corpus weight
- Regionalbah…
Regionalbahnen
21,547 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Referaten” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Referaten |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʁefəˈʁaːtn̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #78,451 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Referaten” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Referaten is uncommon German at frequency #78,451 among 42,116 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ʁefəˈʁaːtn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dativ Plural des Substantivs Referat".
Zero misspellings are on record for Referaten in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Referaten, spelled R-E-F-E-R-A-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1Dativ Plural des Substantivs Referat
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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.