testen
[ˈtɛstn̩]
The verdict
“testen” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #3,491. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #3,491
- frequency rank, German
- 2,684
- “T” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - durch einen oder mehrere Versuche überprüfen, ob etwas (beispielsweise eine Methode, ein Prozess, ein technisches Gerät) funktioniert/den Anforderungen entspricht oder nicht
Corpus desk
Index DE-testen · testen · German
testen · rank #3,491 · 9 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #3,491
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,684
- PHOTO-FINISH Temperaturen
Nearest frequency peer: Temperaturen (-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 „testen“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Tanz
Tanz
96,513 corpus weight
- Tatort
Tatort
96,512 corpus weight
- Temperaturen
Temperaturen
96,511 corpus weight
- testen
testen
96,510 corpus weight
- time
time
96,509 corpus weight
- umgekehrt
umgekehrt
96,508 corpus weight
What this shows „testen“ 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 | 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) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „testen“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around testen (IPA [ˈtɛstn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #3,491 among 2,684 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "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
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how testen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ob das funktionieren kann, müssen wir noch testen.
„Anders als in anderen Ländern werden in Südkorea massenhaft mögliche Kontaktpersonen auf das Coronavirus getestet.“
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "testen", 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 (9 here; floor ≥5).