Charakter

[kaˈʁaktɐ]

/[kaˈʁaktɐ]/ noun

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The verdict

“Charakter” has 14 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #2,100. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,100
frequency rank, German
1,273
“C” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gesamtheit der angeborenen und anerzogenen, geistig-seelischen Eigenschaften eines Menschen (Charaktereigenschaften)

Corpus desk

Index DE-charakter · Charakter · German

Charakter · rank #2,100 · 14 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,100
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,273
  • PHOTO-FINISH Beschreibung

Nearest frequency peer: Beschreibung (-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 „Charakter“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „Charakter“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Charakter vs charter
67% similar
Charakter vs Charaktere
90% similar
Charakter vs Charakters
90% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Charakter
PropertyValue
HeadwordCharakter
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kaˈʁaktɐ]
Letters9
Frequency rank#2,100
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Charakter“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Charakterliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Beschreibung“ (#2,099), „daneben“ (#2,101), „angefangen“ (#2,098). Unter 1,273 „C“-Lemmata liegt „Charakter“ bei #2,100. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around Charakter (IPA [kaˈʁaktɐ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,100 among 1,273 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for Charakter, with forms such as "cahrakter", "ccharakter", and "chaarkter". 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, "charter", "Charaktere", "Charakters", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Charakter, spelled C-H-A-R-A-K-T-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Gesamtheit der angeborenen und anerzogenen, geistig-seelischen Eigenschaften eines Menschen (Charaktereigenschaften)
  2. 2
    Merkmal, charakteristische Eigenart
  3. 3
    eine Zahl als Homomorphismus in den Grundkörper
  4. 4
    Rolle, die einen besonders ausgeprägten Charakter ^([2]) aufweist
  5. 5
    Schriftzeichen
  6. 6
    Titel, Rang
  7. 7
    fiktive Person oder Figur in einem Buch, Film, Rollenspiel, Videospiel oder dergleichen
  8. 8
    Person mit einer bestimmten, prägenden Eigenschaft

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Charakter appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Wird der Charakter von der Umwelt geprägt?“
  2. „Oft verraten ja die kleinen Dinge sehr viel über das Wesen, den Charakter und alles.“

Synonyms

PersönlichkeitWesenMerkmalWesen

This word in other languages

character(English)carácter(Español)caractère(Français)caráter(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cahrakter
  • ccharakter
  • chaarkter
  • charaketr
  • charakkter
  • charakterr
  • charaktre
  • charaktter
  • charatker
  • charkater
  • charrakter
  • chharakter
  • chraakter
  • hcarakter

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Charakter - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

cahrakter2ccharakter1chaarkter2charaketr2charakkter1charakterr1charaktre2charaktter1
Edit distance from "Charakter"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Charakter"?
"Charakter" is spelled C-H-A-R-A-K-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [kaˈʁaktɐ].
What does "Charakter" mean?
As a noun, "Charakter" means: Gesamtheit der angeborenen und anerzogenen, geistig-seelischen Eigenschaften eines Menschen (Charaktereigenschaften)
What words are commonly confused with "Charakter"?
"Charakter" is commonly confused with "charter", "Charaktere", "Charakters". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Charakter"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Charakter" is [kaˈʁaktɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Charakter" come from?
"Charakter" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Charakter", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

gebraucht#2,107Hamburger#2,112politisch#2,080möglichen#2,075

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

geschaffen14 variantsgemeinsame14 variantsFörderung14 variantserscheinen14 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list