Varietät

/[vaʁieˈtɛːt]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#36,695

in German word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

Varietät is aGermannoun. It means: Gruppe von Individuen einer Art, die sich genetisch geringfügig von anderen Individuen ihrer Art unterscheiden, die aber nicht wie eine Subspezies ein eigenes Areal einnehmen Pronounced [vaʁieˈtɛːt]. Often confused with Varietäten.

Key facts for Varietät
PropertyValue
HeadwordVarietät
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[vaʁieˈtɛːt]
Letters8
Frequency rank#36,695
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Varietät in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Varietät is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [vaʁieˈtɛːt]. Corpus data places it at rank #36,695 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for Varietät, with forms such as "avrietät", "vairetät", and "vareität". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Varietäten", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Varietät, spelled V-A-R-I-E-T-Ä-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Gruppe von Individuen einer Art, die sich genetisch geringfügig von anderen Individuen ihrer Art unterscheiden, die aber nicht wie eine Subspezies ein eigenes Areal einnehmen
  2. 2
    Begriff für die verschiedenen lokalen, sozialen, temporalen Erscheinungsformen einer Sprache

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: avrietät,vairetät,vareität,variettä,variettät,varietätt,varieätt,variteät,varrietät,vraietät,vvarietät

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Varietät

Misspelling Variants of "Varietät"

avrietät8vairetät8vareität8variettä8variettät9varietätt9varieätt8variteät8
Misspelling Variants of "Varietät"

Frequency rank: #36,695 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Varietät"?
"Varietät" is spelled V-A-R-I-E-T-Ä-T. The IPA pronunciation is [vaʁieˈtɛːt].
What does "Varietät" mean?
As a noun, "Varietät" means: Gruppe von Individuen einer Art, die sich genetisch geringfügig von anderen Individuen ihrer Art unterscheiden, die aber nicht wie eine Subspezies ein eigenes Areal einnehmen
What words are commonly confused with "Varietät"?
"Varietät" is commonly confused with "Varietäten". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Varietät"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Varietät" is [vaʁieˈtɛːt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Varietät" come from?
"Varietät" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.