revolutionär
[ʁevolut͡si̯oˈnɛːɐ̯]
The verdict
“revolutionär” has 17 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #20,038. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #20,038
- frequency rank, German
- 2,984
- “R” headwords
- 17
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - neuartig, umkrempelnd, verändernd
Corpus desk
Index DE-revolutionar · revolutionär · German
revolutionär · rank #20,038 · 17 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #20,038
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 17 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,984
- PHOTO-FINISH Resort
Nearest frequency peer: Resort (-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 “revolutionär”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Reim
Reim
79,967 corpus weight
- renn
renn
79,966 corpus weight
- repräsentat…
repräsentativ
79,965 corpus weight
- Resort
Resort
79,964 corpus weight
- revolutionär
revolutionär
79,963 corpus weight
- Richters
Richters
79,961 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “revolutionär” 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 | revolutionär |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ʁevolut͡si̯oˈnɛːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #20,038 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “revolutionär” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 17 spelling variants around revolutionär (IPA [ʁevolut͡si̯oˈnɛːɐ̯]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #20,038 among 2,984 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "neuartig, umkrempelnd, verändernd".
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for revolutionär, with forms such as "ervolutionär", "reovlutionär", and "revloutionär". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "Revolutionen", "Revolutionäre", "Revolutionären", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 revolutionär, spelled R-E-V-O-L-U-T-I-O-N-Ä-R.
Definition
- 1neuartig, umkrempelnd, verändernd
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how revolutionär appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Während der revolutionären Aufstände in Berlin beteiligte sich Ernst Zinna am 18. März 1848 am Bau und der Verteidigung von Barrikaden gegen reguläre preußische Truppen im Berliner Stadtzentrum.“
„Deutsch genoss als Sprache des Volkes keine besondere Anerkennung. Deshalb war Luthers Bibelübersetzung richtig revolutionär.“
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ervolutionär
- reovlutionär
- revloutionär
- revollutionär
- revoltuionär
- revoluitonär
- revolutinoär
- revolutionnär
- revolutionrä
- revolutionärr
- revolutioänr
- revolutoinär
- revoluttionär
- revoultionär
- revvolutionär
- rrevolutionär
- rveolutionär
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of revolutionär - 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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "revolutionär", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- "revolutionär" maps to 4 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "Revolutionen". View pair
- 17 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #20,038 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.