Teenager
[ˈtiːnʔɛɪ̯d͡ʒɐ]
The verdict
“Teenager” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #5,887. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #5,887
- frequency rank, German
- 2,684
- “T” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Junge oder Mädchen etwa im Alter zwischen 13 und 19 Jahren
Corpus desk
Index DE-teenager · Teenager · German
Teenager · rank #5,887 · 11 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-COMMON #5,887
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,684
- PHOTO-FINISH Stoffe
Nearest frequency peer: Stoffe (-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 „Teenager“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- steh
steh
94,117 corpus weight
- Steigerung
Steigerung
94,116 corpus weight
- Stoffe
Stoffe
94,115 corpus weight
- Teenager
Teenager
94,114 corpus weight
- Tätigkeiten
Tätigkeiten
94,113 corpus weight
- unterbrochen
unterbrochen
94,112 corpus weight
What this shows „Teenager“ 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 | Teenager |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈtiːnʔɛɪ̯d͡ʒɐ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #5,887 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Teenager“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around Teenager (IPA [ˈtiːnʔɛɪ̯d͡ʒɐ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,887 among 2,684 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Junge oder Mädchen etwa im Alter zwischen 13 und 19 Jahren".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Teenager, with forms such as "etenager", "teeanger", and "teenaegr". 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, "Teenagern", 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Teenager, spelled T-E-E-N-A-G-E-R.
Definition
- 1Junge oder Mädchen etwa im Alter zwischen 13 und 19 Jahren
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Teenager appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Lisa ist ein Teenager.
„Im siebten öffnete sich die Tür, ohne daß jemand aussteigen wollte, und im elften standen drei kichernde, aber sehr hübsche Teenager vor dem Lift, die dann nicht einsteigen wollten.“
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- etenager
- teeanger
- teenaegr
- teenagerr
- teenagger
- teenagre
- teengaer
- teennager
- tenager
- teneager
- tteenager
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Teenager - 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 "Teenager", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).