sabotieren
[zaboˈtiːʁən]
The verdict
“sabotieren” has 14 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #38,985. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #38,985
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - absichtlich (versuchen) ein Werk oder auch eine Idee zu Fall zu bringen
Corpus desk
Index DE-sabotieren · sabotieren · German
sabotieren · rank #38,985 · 14 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #38,985
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Rückert
Nearest frequency peer: Rückert (-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 „sabotieren“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Rückbank
Rückbank
61,018 corpus weight
- Rückert
Rückert
61,017 corpus weight
- sabotieren
sabotieren
61,016 corpus weight
- Samariter
Samariter
61,015 corpus weight
- satellite
satellite
61,014 corpus weight
- scheinbaren
scheinbaren
61,013 corpus weight
What this shows „sabotieren“ 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 | sabotieren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [zaboˈtiːʁən] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #38,985 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „sabotieren“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around sabotieren (IPA [zaboˈtiːʁən]), averb. Corpus frequency is #38,985 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "absichtlich (versuchen) ein Werk oder auch eine Idee zu Fall zu bringen".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for sabotieren, with forms such as "asbotieren", "sabbotieren", and "saboiteren". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "sabotiert", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is sabotieren, spelled S-A-B-O-T-I-E-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1absichtlich (versuchen) ein Werk oder auch eine Idee zu Fall zu bringen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sabotieren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Während seines Aufenthaltes in Baden sabotierte Hans, der Offizier der tschechischen Armee gewesen war, regelmäßig die Funkverbindungen der Wehrmacht.“
„Im Drehbuch sind die sabotierten Flugzeuge nicht an die Front gegangen, und selbst die Testpiloten haben Anweisung, sofort mit dem Fallschirm abzuspringen, wenn die Maschine dem Steuer nicht mehr gehorcht.“
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- asbotieren
- sabbotieren
- saboiteren
- saboteiren
- sabotieern
- sabotierenn
- sabotierne
- sabotierren
- sabotireen
- sabottieren
- sabtoieren
- saobtieren
- sbaotieren
- ssabotieren
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sabotieren - 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
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Same letter count
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Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).