Resistenz
[ʁezɪsˈtɛnt͡s]
The verdict
“Resistenz” has 14 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #40,172. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #40,172
- frequency rank, German
- 2,984
- “R” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Widerstandsfähigkeit einfacher Organismen (besonders: Krankheitserreger) gegen bestimmte Substanzen (besonders: Medikamente) und Einflüsse.
Corpus desk
Index DE-resistenz · Resistenz · German
Resistenz · rank #40,172 · 14 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #40,172
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,984
- PHOTO-FINISH Rentabilität
Nearest frequency peer: Rentabilität (-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 „Resistenz“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Rentabilität
Rentabilität
59,830 corpus weight
- Resistenz
Resistenz
59,829 corpus weight
- Resultaten
Resultaten
59,828 corpus weight
- Riad
Riad
59,827 corpus weight
- Ringo
Ringo
59,826 corpus weight
- Ritualen
Ritualen
59,825 corpus weight
What this shows „Resistenz“ 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 | Resistenz |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʁezɪsˈtɛnt͡s] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #40,172 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Resistenz“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around Resistenz (IPA [ʁezɪsˈtɛnt͡s]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #40,172 among 2,984 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for Resistenz, with forms such as "ersistenz", "reisstenz", and "resisetnz". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "reisten", "Residenz", "resistent", 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 explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Resistenz, spelled R-E-S-I-S-T-E-N-Z.
Definition
- 1Widerstandsfähigkeit einfacher Organismen (besonders: Krankheitserreger) gegen bestimmte Substanzen (besonders: Medikamente) und Einflüsse.
- 2Widerstand
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Resistenz appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Viele gram-positive Bakterien haben eine Resistenz gegen Penicillin ausgebildet.
„Seit den 1960er Jahren wurde Triticale vielerorts als Futtergetreide angebaut und zeigte eine hohe Resistenz gegen Befall durch sogenannten Mehltau – eine Reihe von Pflanzenkrankheiten, die auf Pilze als Erreger zurückgehen.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ersistenz
- reisstenz
- resisetnz
- resisstenz
- resistennz
- resistenzz
- resistezn
- resistnez
- resisttenz
- resitsenz
- ressistenz
- ressitenz
- rresistenz
- rseistenz
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Resistenz - 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 "Resistenz", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).