request
[rɪˈkwest]
The verdict
“request” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #42,762. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #42,762
- frequency rank, German
- 2,984
- “R” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die gepflegte oder formelle Äußerung, um etwas zu bekommen
Corpus desk
Index DE-request · request · German
request · rank #42,762 · 10 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #42,762
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,984
- PHOTO-FINISH residence
Nearest frequency peer: residence (+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 „request“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- reklamieren
reklamieren
57,242 corpus weight
- renovierten
renovierten
57,241 corpus weight
- request
request
57,239 corpus weight
- residence
residence
57,238 corpus weight
- revolutioni…
revolutionieren
57,237 corpus weight
- Rezeptor
Rezeptor
57,236 corpus weight
What this shows „request“ 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 | request |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [rɪˈkwest] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #42,762 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „request“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around request (IPA [rɪˈkwest]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #42,762 among 2,984 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for request, with forms such as "erquest", "reqeust", and "reqquest". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "redest", 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 explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is request, spelled R-E-Q-U-E-S-T.
Definition
- 1die gepflegte oder formelle Äußerung, um etwas zu bekommen
- 2die gewünschte Sache, besonders als Lied oder Musikstück im Radio
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how request appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„She turned down his request for a coffee, but his inventive effort has led to other date offers after she tweeted his handiwork.“
„A Syrian whose request for asylum in Hungary was rejected within minutes has claimed officials made little attempt to investigate his background or gauge his level of risk, raising questions about Hungary’s commitment to protecting refugees fleeing the Syrian civil war.“
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- erquest
- reqeust
- reqquest
- requesst
- requestt
- requets
- requset
- reuqest
- rqeuest
- rrequest
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of request - 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 "request", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).