regional
[ʁeɡi̯oˈnaːl]
The verdict
“regional” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #5,211. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #5,211
- frequency rank, German
- 2,984
- “R” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - auf eine Region bezogen, Bezug nehmend
Corpus desk
Index DE-regional · regional · German
regional · rank #5,211 · 11 variants · 8 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #5,211
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,984
- PHOTO-FINISH regime
Nearest frequency peer: regime (-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 „regional“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Prag
Prag
94,793 corpus weight
- Probe
Probe
94,792 corpus weight
- regime
regime
94,791 corpus weight
- regional
regional
94,790 corpus weight
- regionalen
regionalen
94,789 corpus weight
- Reiches
Reiches
94,788 corpus weight
What this shows „regional“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
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 | regional |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ʁeɡi̯oˈnaːl] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #5,211 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „regional“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around regional (IPA [ʁeɡi̯oˈnaːl]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #5,211 among 2,984 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "auf eine Region bezogen, Bezug nehmend".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for regional, with forms such as "ergional", "reggional", and "reginoal". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "Regionen", "regionale", "regionalen", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is regional, spelled R-E-G-I-O-N-A-L.
Definition
- 1auf eine Region bezogen, Bezug nehmend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how regional appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Bau dieser kleinen Straße hat nur regional eine Bedeutung.
„Zu ungleich seien die sozialen, wirtschaftlichen und politischen Verhältnisse, als dass das tunesische Beispiel auf einen regionalen Flächenbrand hindeutete.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ergional
- reggional
- reginoal
- regioanl
- regionall
- regionla
- regionnal
- regoinal
- reigonal
- rgeional
- rregional
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of regional - 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 "regional", 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).