core

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/[…]/ noun

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The verdict

“core” has 5 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #15,059. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,059
frequency rank, German
1,273
“C” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-core · core · German

core · rank #15,059 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #15,059
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,273
  • PHOTO-FINISH Curry

Nearest frequency peer: Curry (+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 „core“

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

corpus weight

What this shows „core“ 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).

core vs Cr
25% similar
core vs cox
50% similar
core vs cry
50% similar

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

Key facts for core
PropertyValue
Headwordcore
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters4
Frequency rank#15,059
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „core“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).coreliegt 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: „Curry“ (#15,060), „clean“ (#15,057), „Damaskus“ (#15,061). Unter 1,273 „C“-Lemmata liegt „core“ bei #15,059. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around core (IPA […]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #15,059 among 1,273 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 11 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for core, with forms such as "ccore", "coer", and "corre". 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 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 documented word history exists for this headword, 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 core, spelled C-O-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Kern
  2. 2
    Kernhaus, Kerngehäuse
  3. 3
    das Innerste, Zentrale, Wichtigste
  4. 4
    der Wesenskern
  5. 5
    der Leiter
  6. 6
    das Innere
  7. 7
    Bohrkern
  8. 8
    Mittelpunkt, Kern
  9. 9
    der Reaktorkern
  10. 10
    der Kern
  11. 11
    der Körper ohne Arme und Beine

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „A male friend who shares daily parenting told me that he knows at his very core what his wife's loving for their daughter feels like.“
  2. „The core may be composed of solid and liquid layers, while the cores of Mars and Venus are thought to be completely solid as they lack an internally generated magnetic field. In our solar system, core size can range from about 20% (the Moon) to 75% of a planet's radius (Mercury).“

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccore
  • coer
  • corre
  • croe
  • ocre

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ccore1coer2corre1croe2ocre2
Edit distance from "core"

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 "core"?
"core" is spelled C-O-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "core" mean?
As a noun, "core" means: Kern
What words are commonly confused with "core"?
"core" is commonly confused with "Cr", "cox", "cry". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "core"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "core" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "core" come from?
"core" 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 "core", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

falk#15,083fine#15,086andi#15,021hach#15,115

Similar misspelling depth

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

Enten5 variantslane5 variantsMatte5 variantstippe5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list