Spitzenkandidat
[ˈʃpɪt͡sn̩kandiˌdaːt]
The verdict
“Spitzenkandidat” has 24 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #17,416. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #17,416
- frequency rank, German
- 107,600
- “S” headwords
- 24
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - an der Spitze einer Wahlliste stehender Kandidat
Corpus desk
Index DE-spitzenkandidat · Spitzenkandidat · German
Spitzenkandidat · rank #17,416 · 24 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #17,416
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 24 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 107,600
- PHOTO-FINISH spezialisierte
Nearest frequency peer: spezialisierte (-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 “Spitzenkandidat”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Sn
Sn
82,588 corpus weight
- Sommerzeit
Sommerzeit
82,587 corpus weight
- spezialisie…
spezialisierte
82,586 corpus weight
- Spitzenkand…
Spitzenkandidat
82,585 corpus weight
- sprachlos
sprachlos
82,584 corpus weight
- stabiler
stabiler
82,583 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Spitzenkandidat” 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 | Spitzenkandidat |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃpɪt͡sn̩kandiˌdaːt] |
| Letters | 15 |
| Frequency rank | #17,416 |
| Misspellings tracked | 24 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Spitzenkandidat” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 24 spelling variants around Spitzenkandidat (IPA [ˈʃpɪt͡sn̩kandiˌdaːt]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #17,416 among 107,600 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "an der Spitze einer Wahlliste stehender Kandidat".
Our generated misspelling index lists 24 likely wrong-spelling variants for Spitzenkandidat, with forms such as "psitzenkandidat", "siptzenkandidat", and "spiteznkandidat". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Spitzenkandidaten", "Spitzenkandidatin", 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 easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Spitzenkandidat, spelled S-P-I-T-Z-E-N-K-A-N-D-I-D-A-T.
Definition
- 1an der Spitze einer Wahlliste stehender Kandidat
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- psitzenkandidat
- siptzenkandidat
- spiteznkandidat
- spittzenkandidat
- spitzeknandidat
- spitzenakndidat
- spitzenkadnidat
- spitzenkanddiat
- spitzenkanddidat
- spitzenkandiadt
- spitzenkandidatt
- spitzenkandiddat
- spitzenkandidta
- spitzenkaniddat
- spitzenkanndidat
- spitzenkkandidat
- spitzenknadidat
- spitzennkandidat
- spitznekandidat
- spitzzenkandidat
- spiztenkandidat
- sppitzenkandidat
- sptizenkandidat
- sspitzenkandidat
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Spitzenkandidat - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 May 6, 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 "Spitzenkandidat", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 15 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (24 here; floor ≥5).
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.