transparent
[ˌtʁanspaˈʁɛnt]
The verdict
“transparent” has 18 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #9,820. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,820
- frequency rank, German
- 2,684
- “T” headwords
- 18
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - so dass man hindurchschauen kann; durchscheinend, durchsichtig
Corpus desk
Index DE-transparent · transparent · German
transparent · rank #9,820 · 18 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #9,820
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 18 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,684
- PHOTO-FINISH UEFA
Nearest frequency peer: UEFA (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “transparent”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Th
Th
90,184 corpus weight
- they
they
90,183 corpus weight
- transparent
transparent
90,181 corpus weight
- UEFA
UEFA
90,180 corpus weight
- umgebaut
umgebaut
90,179 corpus weight
- umziehen
umziehen
90,178 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “transparent” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | transparent |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˌtʁanspaˈʁɛnt] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #9,820 |
| Misspellings tracked | 18 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “transparent” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 18 spelling variants around transparent (IPA [ˌtʁanspaˈʁɛnt]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #9,820 among 2,684 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for transparent, with forms such as "rtansparent", "tarnsparent", and "trannsparent". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "Transparenz", "transparente", "transparenten", and more, 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, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is transparent, spelled T-R-A-N-S-P-A-R-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1so dass man hindurchschauen kann; durchscheinend, durchsichtig
- 2so dass alles offenliegt und leicht verständlich ist; durchschaubar
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how transparent appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dieses Blatt Durchschlagpapier ist transparent.
Im Trend liegen jetzt große Glasflächen in der Hausfassade selbst, die eine Außenwand komplett transparent machen, einen Giebel von Kopf bis Fuß durchsichtig werden lassen oder dem Wohnbereich mit Galerie eine Lichtinsel verschaffen.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- rtansparent
- tarnsparent
- trannsparent
- tranpsarent
- transaprent
- transpaernt
- transparennt
- transparentt
- transparetn
- transparnet
- transparrent
- transpparent
- transpraent
- transsparent
- trasnparent
- trnasparent
- trransparent
- ttransparent
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of transparent - 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.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "transparent", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (18 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "transparent". Here's where to go from here.
- "transparent" maps to 4 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "Transparenz". View pair
- 18 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #9,820 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "T" letter cohort. T–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.