Tapete
[taˈpeːtə]
The verdict
“Tapete” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #29,814. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #29,814
- frequency rank, German
- 2,684
- “T” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 13
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Wandbeschichtung aus einem dünnen und biegsamen Material, die mittels geeignetem Klebstoff auf eine Wand geklebt werden kann
Corpus desk
Index DE-tapete · Tapete · German
Tapete · rank #29,814 · 8 variants · 13 confusables
- FREQ-MID #29,814
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,684
- PHOTO-FINISH talking
Nearest frequency peer: talking (-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 „Tapete“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Säuberung
Säuberung
70,190 corpus weight
- talking
talking
70,188 corpus weight
- Tapete
Tapete
70,187 corpus weight
- Thronfolger
Thronfolger
70,186 corpus weight
- Thüringens
Thüringens
70,185 corpus weight
- tie
tie
70,184 corpus weight
What this shows „Tapete“ 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 | Tapete |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [taˈpeːtə] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #29,814 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 13 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Tapete“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around Tapete (IPA [taˈpeːtə]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #29,814 among 2,684 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Wandbeschichtung aus einem dünnen und biegsamen Material, die mittels geeignetem Klebstoff auf eine Wand geklebt werden kann".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Tapete, with forms such as "atpete", "taepte", and "tapeet". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "täte", "Taste", "trete", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology 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 Tapete, spelled T-A-P-E-T-E.
Definition
- 1Wandbeschichtung aus einem dünnen und biegsamen Material, die mittels geeignetem Klebstoff auf eine Wand geklebt werden kann
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Tapete appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Tapeten müssen noch gestrichen werden.
„Wir werden die Sauberkeit der Böden und den Zustand der Tapeten begutachten, wir werden Teppiche hochheben und über die Möbel streichen, ob sie auch ja staubfrei sind.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- atpete
- taepte
- tapeet
- tapette
- tappete
- taptee
- tpaete
- ttapete
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Tapete - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Tapete", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).