Watergate
[ˈwɔːtəɡeɪ̯t]
The verdict
“Watergate” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #48,623. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #48,623
- frequency rank, German
- 38,697
- “W” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Watergate-Gebäudekomplex
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Watergate |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈwɔːtəɡeɪ̯t] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #48,623 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Watergate” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around Watergate (IPA [ˈwɔːtəɡeɪ̯t]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #48,623 among 38,697 “W” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Watergate, with forms such as "awtergate", "waetrgate", and "wategrate". 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. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Watergate, spelled W-A-T-E-R-G-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1Watergate-Gebäudekomplex
- 2Watergate-Affäre
- 3großer innenpolitischer Skandal
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- awtergate
- waetrgate
- wategrate
- wateragte
- watergaet
- watergatte
- waterggate
- watergtae
- waterrgate
- watregate
- wattergate
- wtaergate
- wwatergate
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Watergate - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “Watergate”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is W-A-T-E-R-G-A-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈwɔːtəɡeɪ̯t] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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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.