Register
[ʁeˈɡɪstɐ]
The verdict
“Register” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #8,447 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #8,447
- frequency rank, German
- 8
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - alphabetisch sortierte Liste (zum Beispiel Inhalts-, Sachverzeichnis)
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 | Register |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʁeˈɡɪstɐ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #8,447 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Register” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Register is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ʁeˈɡɪstɐ]. Corpus data places it at rank #8,447 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Register, with forms such as "ergister", "reggister", and "regisetr". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "Reiter", "reiste", "Reiser", 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Register, spelled R-E-G-I-S-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1alphabetisch sortierte Liste (zum Beispiel Inhalts-, Sachverzeichnis)
- 2systematische Sammlung von Informationen mit gemeinsamen Merkmalen
- 3eine Reihe von Tönen gleicher Klangfarbe
- 4besondere Variante der Sprache, die je nach Kommunikationspartner und Situation gewählt wird
- 5positionsgetreue Ausrichtung beim Drucken, sodass die einzelnen Satz- und Bildelemente exakt übereinander liegen (vgl. Registerhaltigkeit)
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ergister,reggister,regisetr,regisster,registerr,registre,registter,regitser,regsiter,reigster,rgeister,rregister
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Register - 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 “Register”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is R-E-G-I-S-T-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ʁeˈɡɪstɐ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Reiter” - see the side-by-side comparison. Register vs Reiter
- 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.