written
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The verdict
“written” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #43,644. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #43,644
- frequency rank, German
- 2,930
- “W” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Partizip Perfekt (past participle) des Verbs write
Corpus desk
Index DE-written · written · German
written · rank #43,644 · 9 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #43,644
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,930
- PHOTO-FINISH wusch
Nearest frequency peer: wusch (+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 „written“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- wohlauf
wohlauf
56,361 corpus weight
- wohlhabender
wohlhabender
56,360 corpus weight
- Wohltat
Wohltat
56,359 corpus weight
- written
written
56,357 corpus weight
- wusch
wusch
56,356 corpus weight
- Wörth
Wörth
56,355 corpus weight
What this shows „written“ 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 | written |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #43,644 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „written“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around written (IPA […]), averb. Corpus frequency is #43,644 among 2,930 “W” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Partizip Perfekt (past participle) des Verbs write".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for written, with forms such as "rwitten", "wirtten", and "writen". 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, "your", "wtf", "zero", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is written, spelled W-R-I-T-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1Partizip Perfekt (past participle) des Verbs write
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- rwitten
- wirtten
- writen
- writetn
- writtenn
- writtne
- wrritten
- wrtiten
- wwritten
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of written - 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 "written", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).