Cholera
[ˈkoːleʁa]
The verdict
“Cholera” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #20,876. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #20,876
- frequency rank, German
- 20,081
- “C” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - bakterielle, oft epidemische Infektionskrankheit des Darmes
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 | Cholera |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkoːleʁa] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #20,876 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Cholera” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around Cholera (IPA [ˈkoːleʁa]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #20,876 among 20,081 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "bakterielle, oft epidemische Infektionskrankheit des Darmes".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Cholera, with forms such as "ccholera", "chholera", and "chloera". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "cooler", 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, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Cholera, spelled C-H-O-L-E-R-A.
Definition
- 1bakterielle, oft epidemische Infektionskrankheit des Darmes
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccholera
- chholera
- chloera
- choelra
- cholear
- cholerra
- chollera
- cholrea
- cohlera
- hcolera
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Cholera - 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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Using “Cholera”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is C-H-O-L-E-R-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈkoːleʁa] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “cooler” - see the side-by-side comparison. Cholera vs cooler
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Same frequency band
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.