Chaos
[ˈkaːɔs]
The verdict
“Chaos” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #3,570. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #3,570
- frequency rank, German
- 20,081
- “C” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Zustand der Unordnung
Corpus desk
Index DE-chaos · Chaos · German
Chaos · rank #3,570 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #3,570
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 20,081
- PHOTO-FINISH britische
Nearest frequency peer: britische (-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 “Chaos”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Bischof
Bischof
96,434 corpus weight
- blauen
blauen
96,433 corpus weight
- britische
britische
96,432 corpus weight
- Chaos
Chaos
96,431 corpus weight
- definiert
definiert
96,430 corpus weight
- deines
deines
96,429 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Chaos” 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 | Chaos |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkaːɔs] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #3,570 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Chaos” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around Chaos (IPA [ˈkaːɔs]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,570 among 20,081 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Chaos, with forms such as "cahos", "cchaos", and "chaoss". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cos", "cho", "Chat", 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Chaos, spelled C-H-A-O-S.
Definition
- 1Zustand der Unordnung
- 2Urzustand vor Entstehung der Erde, unförmlicher Klumpen der ungeordneten Elemente, ungeordneter Urstoff, unermessliche Leere, leerer Raum, die Unermesslichkeit des großen Raumes
- 3ein Zustand nichtlinearer, dynamischer Systeme, Gegenstand der Chaosforschung
- 4Chaosphase bei Einsatzlagen aufgrund einer fehlenden Führungsstruktur oder eines fehlenden Lagebildes
- 5Begriff bei der Betrachtung des Übergangs von Gleichgewicht in Ungleichgewicht
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Chaos appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Es war da ein Gefühl oder, richtiger gesagt, ein ganzes Chaos von Gefühlen, in dem ich mich naturgemäß verirren mußte.“
„Die spottlustigen Polen - an Chaos gewöhnt - machten sich lustig darüber, wie schwierig es gewesen sei, stets die richtige Flagge aufzuziehen und nicht zu vergessen, die des anderen Staatsgastes wieder einzuholen.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cahos
- cchaos
- chaoss
- chaso
- chhaos
- choas
- hcaos
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Chaos - 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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Chaos", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).
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.