cord
[kɔː(r)d]
The verdict
“cord” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #36,862. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #36,862
- frequency rank, German
- 1,273
- “C” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - längliches aus etwas zusammengedrehtes Ding, das beispielsweise als Gürtel getragen wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-cord · cord · German
cord · rank #36,862 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #36,862
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,273
- PHOTO-FINISH contemporary
Nearest frequency peer: contemporary (-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 „cord“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- conte
conte
63,141 corpus weight
- contemporary
contemporary
63,140 corpus weight
- cord
cord
63,139 corpus weight
- crow
crow
63,138 corpus weight
- Cynthia
Cynthia
63,137 corpus weight
- dalton
dalton
63,136 corpus weight
What this shows „cord“ 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 | cord |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kɔː(r)d] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #36,862 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „cord“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around cord (IPA [kɔː(r)d]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #36,862 among 1,273 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for cord, with forms such as "ccord", "codr", and "cordd". 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, "Cr", "cox", "cry", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is cord, spelled C-O-R-D.
Definition
- 1längliches aus etwas zusammengedrehtes Ding, das beispielsweise als Gürtel getragen wird
- 2der Schlauch zwischen neugeborenem oder ungeborenem Kind und seiner Mutter
- 3dünne elektrische Verbindung mit Isolierung und häufig mit Stecker
- 4der gerippte Stoff
- 5die Hose daraus
- 6eine Maßeinheit für geschlagenes Holz, 3,62 m²
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cord appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The cord is very long.
Cut the cord, please.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccord
- codr
- cordd
- corrd
- crod
- ocrd
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cord - 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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "cord", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).