Staatssekretärin
[ˈʃtaːt͡szekʁeˌtɛːʁɪn]
The verdict
“Staatssekretärin” has 24 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #35,461. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #35,461
- frequency rank, German
- 107,600
- “S” headwords
- 24
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - die höchste Beamtin in einem Ministerium
Corpus desk
Index DE-staatssekretarin · Staatssekretärin · German
Staatssekretärin · rank #35,461 · 24 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #35,461
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 24 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 107,600
- PHOTO-FINISH SSC
Nearest frequency peer: SSC (-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 “Staatssekretärin”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Spiritus
Spiritus
64,544 corpus weight
- sprunghaft
sprunghaft
64,543 corpus weight
- SSC
SSC
64,541 corpus weight
- Staatssekre…
Staatssekretärin
64,540 corpus weight
- Stammplatz
Stammplatz
64,539 corpus weight
- Standes
Standes
64,538 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Staatssekretärin” 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 | Staatssekretärin |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃtaːt͡szekʁeˌtɛːʁɪn] |
| Letters | 16 |
| Frequency rank | #35,461 |
| Misspellings tracked | 24 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Staatssekretärin” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 24 spelling variants around Staatssekretärin (IPA [ˈʃtaːt͡szekʁeˌtɛːʁɪn]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #35,461 among 107,600 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 24 likely wrong-spelling variants for Staatssekretärin, with forms such as "satatssekretärin", "sstaatssekretärin", and "staastsekretärin". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Staatssekretär", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Staatssekretärin, spelled S-T-A-A-T-S-S-E-K-R-E-T-Ä-R-I-N.
Definition
- 1die höchste Beamtin in einem Ministerium
- 2Bundestagsmitglied, das den Minister bei seiner Arbeit unterstützt
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- satatssekretärin
- sstaatssekretärin
- staastsekretärin
- staatsekretärin
- staatseskretärin
- staatssekertärin
- staatssekkretärin
- staatssekreträin
- staatssekrettärin
- staatssekretäirn
- staatssekretärinn
- staatssekretärni
- staatssekretärrin
- staatssekreätrin
- staatssekrretärin
- staatssekrteärin
- staatsserketärin
- staatsskeretärin
- staattssekretärin
- staatßekretärin
- statassekretärin
- statssekretärin
- sttaatssekretärin
- tsaatssekretärin
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Staatssekretärin - 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Staatssekretärin", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 16 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.