sogenannter

Name: sogenannter, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[ˈzoːɡəˌnantɐ]

/[ˈzoːɡəˌnantɐ]/ adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“sogenannter” has 15 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #13,695. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,695
frequency rank, German: 8,027
“S” headwords: 15
tracked misspellings: 3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sogenannt

Corpus desk

Index DE-sogenannter · sogenannter · German

sogenannter · rank #13,695 · 15 variants · 3 confusables

FREQ-MID #13,695
LEN-MEGA 11 letters
VOW-4 4 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
VAR-HIGH 15 variants
BOOK-DENSE 8,027
PHOTO-FINISH Soli

Nearest frequency peer: Soli (+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.

sean

86,310
selbständig…

86,309
sogenannter

86,306
Soli

86,305
sowjetische

86,304
Spandau

86,303

What this shows „sogenannter“ 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).

sogenannter vs sogenanntes

91% similar

sogenannter vs sogenannte

91% similar

sogenannter vs sogenannten

91% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for sogenannter
Property	Value
Headword	sogenannter
Language	German
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	[ˈzoːɡəˌnantɐ]
Letters	11
Frequency rank	#13,695
Misspellings tracked	15
Confusable pairs	3
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „sogenannter“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.sogenannterliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#13,695

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Soli“ (#13,696), „sowjetische“ (#13,697), „selbständigen“ (#13,692). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „sogenannter“ bei #13,695. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around sogenannter (IPA [ˈzoːɡəˌnantɐ]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #13,695 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for sogenannter, with forms such as "osgenannter", "sgoenannter", and "soegnannter". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "sogenanntes", "sogenannte", "sogenannten", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is sogenannter, spelled S-O-G-E-N-A-N-N-T-E-R.

Definition

1
Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sogenannt
2
Genitiv Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sogenannt
3
Dativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sogenannt
4
Genitiv Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sogenannt
5
Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sogenannt

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

osgenannter
sgoenannter
soegnannter
sogeannnter
sogenannetr
sogenannterr
sogenanntre
sogenanntter
sogenanter
sogenantner
sogennannter
sogennanter
soggenannter
sogneannter
ssogenannter

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sogenannter - 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.

Edit distance from "sogenannter"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sogenannter"?

"sogenannter" is spelled S-O-G-E-N-A-N-N-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈzoːɡəˌnantɐ].

What does "sogenannter" mean?

As an adjective, "sogenannter" means: Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sogenannt

What words are commonly confused with "sogenannter"?

"sogenannter" is commonly confused with "sogenanntes", "sogenannte", "sogenannten". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "sogenannter"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sogenannter" is [ˈzoːɡəˌnantɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "sogenannter" come from?

"sogenannter" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.

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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "sogenannter", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

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