research
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The verdict
“research” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #8,448. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #8,448
- frequency rank, German
- 2,984
- “R” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Forschung, Untersuchung
Corpus desk
Index DE-research · research · German
research · rank #8,448 · 12 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #8,448
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,984
- PHOTO-FINISH Register
Nearest frequency peer: Register (-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 “research”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Radikale
Radikale
91,556 corpus weight
- Radikalen
Radikalen
91,555 corpus weight
- Register
Register
91,554 corpus weight
- research
research
91,553 corpus weight
- Rezepte
Rezepte
91,552 corpus weight
- Sat
Sat
91,551 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “research” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | research |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #8,448 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “research” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around research (IPA […]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,448 among 2,984 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for research, with forms such as "ersearch", "reesarch", and "resaerch". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "TO", "video", "Trump", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is research, spelled R-E-S-E-A-R-C-H.
Definition
- 1Forschung, Untersuchung
- 2Recherche
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ersearch
- reesarch
- resaerch
- reseacrh
- researcch
- researchh
- researhc
- researrch
- reserach
- ressearch
- rresearch
- rseearch
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of research - 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 "research", 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 (12 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "research". Here's where to go from here.
- "research" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "TO". View pair
- 12 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #8,448 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "R" letter cohort. R–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.