Chronik
[ˈkʁoːnɪk]
The verdict
“Chronik” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #8,535. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #8,535
- frequency rank, German
- 1,273
- “C” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - geschichtliche, historische Darstellung
Corpus desk
Index DE-chronik · Chronik · German
Chronik · rank #8,535 · 11 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #8,535
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,273
- PHOTO-FINISH Chile
Nearest frequency peer: Chile (-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 „Chronik“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- CAM
CAM
91,469 corpus weight
- chemischen
chemischen
91,468 corpus weight
- Chile
Chile
91,467 corpus weight
- Chronik
Chronik
91,466 corpus weight
- container
container
91,465 corpus weight
- Cottbus
Cottbus
91,464 corpus weight
What this shows „Chronik“ 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 | Chronik |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkʁoːnɪk] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #8,535 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Chronik“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around Chronik (IPA [ˈkʁoːnɪk]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,535 among 1,273 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "geschichtliche, historische Darstellung".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Chronik, with forms such as "cchronik", "chhronik", and "chornik". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Chronist", "Chroniken", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Chronik, spelled C-H-R-O-N-I-K.
Definition
- 1geschichtliche, historische Darstellung
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Chronik appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In der Chronik werden Ereignisse der Geschichte erzählt.
„Eine mittelalterliche Chronik berichtet, wie der Fürst in den Städten seines Reiches Gotteshäuser errichten und Gemeinden gründen lässt.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cchronik
- chhronik
- chornik
- chrnoik
- chroink
- chronikk
- chronki
- chronnik
- chrronik
- crhonik
- hcronik
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Chronik - 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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Chronik", 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 (11 here; floor ≥5).