texten
[ˈtɛkstn̩]
The verdict
“texten” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #5,224. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #5,224
- frequency rank, German
- 2,684
- “T” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Text verfassen, Text schreiben
Corpus desk
Index DE-texten · texten · German
texten · rank #5,224 · 9 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #5,224
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,684
- PHOTO-FINISH Susanne
Nearest frequency peer: Susanne (-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 „texten“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- sed
sed
94,780 corpus weight
- solo
solo
94,779 corpus weight
- Susanne
Susanne
94,778 corpus weight
- texten
texten
94,777 corpus weight
- Theologie
Theologie
94,776 corpus weight
- traditionel…
traditionelle
94,775 corpus weight
What this shows „texten“ 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 | texten |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈtɛkstn̩] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #5,224 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „texten“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around texten (IPA [ˈtɛkstn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #5,224 among 2,684 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for texten, with forms such as "etxten", "tetxen", and "texetn". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "töten", "Tüten", "treten", 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 texten, spelled T-E-X-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1Text verfassen, Text schreiben
- 2langweilig oder lächerlich daherreden, Monologe halten; häufiger in den Zusammensetzungen volltexten und zutexten
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how texten appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sie textet ihre Lieder selber.
Nach Goscinnys Tod textete Uderzo selber die Geschichten.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- etxten
- tetxen
- texetn
- textenn
- textne
- textten
- texxten
- ttexten
- txeten
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of texten - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "texten", 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).