testen
[ˈtɛstn̩]
The verdict
“testen” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #3,491 in German word frequency and used as a verb.
- #3,491
- frequency rank, German
- 6
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - durch einen oder mehrere Versuche überprüfen, ob etwas (beispielsweise eine Methode, ein Prozess, ein technisches Gerät) funktioniert/den Anforderungen entspricht oder nicht
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 | testen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈtɛstn̩] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #3,491 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “testen” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for testen is 6 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈtɛstn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,491 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "durch einen oder mehrere Versuche überprüfen, ob etwas (beispielsweise eine Methode, ein Prozess, ein technisches Gerät) funktioniert/den Anforderungen entspricht oder nicht".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for testen, with forms such as "etsten", "tesetn", and "tessten". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "texte", "töten", "tests", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is testen, spelled T-E-S-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1durch einen oder mehrere Versuche überprüfen, ob etwas (beispielsweise eine Methode, ein Prozess, ein technisches Gerät) funktioniert/den Anforderungen entspricht oder nicht
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: etsten,tesetn,tessten,testenn,testne,testten,tetsen,tseten,ttesten
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of testen - 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 “testen”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is T-E-S-T-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈtɛstn̩] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “texte” - see the side-by-side comparison. testen vs texte
- 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.