terminal
The verdict
“terminal” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #10,953 in German word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #10,953
- frequency rank, German
- 8
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - am Ende gelegen
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 | terminal |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #10,953 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “terminal” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for terminal is 8 letters long, classified as an adjective. Corpus data places it at rank #10,953 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for terminal, with forms such as "etrminal", "temrinal", and "terimnal". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "termine", "Terminen", "Terminus", 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, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is terminal, spelled T-E-R-M-I-N-A-L.
Definition
- 1am Ende gelegen
- 2im Endstadium; so, dass es nicht mehr zu heilen ist
- 3eine Grenze oder das Ende von etwas betreffend, zu ihm gehörend
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: etrminal,temrinal,terimnal,termianl,terminall,terminla,terminnal,termminal,termnial,terrminal,treminal,tterminal
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of terminal - 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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Using “terminal”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is T-E-R-M-I-N-A-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “termine” - see the side-by-side comparison. terminal vs termine
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.