cold

[kəʊld]

/[kəʊld]/ adj

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The verdict

“cold” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #18,848. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#18,848
frequency rank, German
1,273
“C” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - kalt

Corpus desk

Index DE-cold · cold · German

cold · rank #18,848 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #18,848
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,273
  • PHOTO-FINISH Cleveland

Nearest frequency peer: Cleveland (-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 „cold“

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

corpus weight

What this shows „cold“ 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).

cold vs con
50% similar
cold vs com
50% similar
cold vs COP
0% similar

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

Key facts for cold
PropertyValue
Headwordcold
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[kəʊld]
Letters4
Frequency rank#18,848
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „cold“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).coldliegt 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: „Cleveland“ (#18,847), „cups“ (#18,850), „dauernden“ (#18,852). Unter 1,273 „C“-Lemmata liegt „cold“ bei #18,848. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around cold (IPA [kəʊld]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #18,848 among 1,273 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "kalt".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for cold, with forms such as "ccold", "clod", and "codl". 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, "con", "com", "COP", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is cold, spelled C-O-L-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    kalt

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. It is cold outside.
  2. "The season was cold and rainy, and in the evenings we crowded around a blazing wood fire, and occasionally amused ourselves with some German stories of ghosts, which happened to fall into our hands."

Antonyms

hot

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccold
  • clod
  • codl
  • coldd
  • colld
  • ocld

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cold - 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.

ccold1clod2codl2coldd1colld1ocld2
Edit distance from "cold"

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 "cold"?
"cold" is spelled C-O-L-D. The IPA pronunciation is [kəʊld].
What does "cold" mean?
As an adjective, "cold" means: kalt
What words are commonly confused with "cold"?
"cold" is commonly confused with "con", "com", "COP". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cold"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cold" is [kəʊld]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cold" come from?
"cold" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

cups#18,850Bibi#18,841eich#18,861BDSM#18,822

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

BAMF6 variantsFaber6 variantsAlgen6 variantsheilt6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list