court

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The verdict

“court” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #14,536. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#14,536
frequency rank, German
1,273
“C” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - der Hof, der Hinterhof, der Schulhof, der Spielplatz

Corpus desk

Index DE-court · court · German

court · rank #14,536 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #14,536
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,273
  • PHOTO-FINISH CNN

Nearest frequency peer: CNN (-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 „court“

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

corpus weight

What this shows „court“ 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).

court vs Cut
40% similar
court vs Curt
60% similar
court vs of
20% similar

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

Key facts for court
PropertyValue
Headwordcourt
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters5
Frequency rank#14,536
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „court“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).courtliegt 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: „CNN“ (#14,535), „dauerhaften“ (#14,537), „chronisch“ (#14,534). Unter 1,273 „C“-Lemmata liegt „court“ bei #14,536. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around court (IPA […]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,536 among 1,273 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for court, with forms such as "ccourt", "corut", and "courrt". 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, "Cut", "Curt", "of", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is court, spelled C-O-U-R-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    der Hof, der Hinterhof, der Schulhof, der Spielplatz
  2. 2
    das Gericht, der Gerichtshof, die Kammer
  3. 3
    der Fürstenhof

Synonyms

judge courtroyal court

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccourt
  • corut
  • courrt
  • courtt
  • coutr
  • cuort
  • ocurt

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ccourt1corut2courrt1courtt1coutr2cuort2ocurt2
Edit distance from "court"

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 "court"?
"court" is spelled C-O-U-R-T. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "court" mean?
As a noun, "court" means: der Hof, der Hinterhof, der Schulhof, der Spielplatz
What words are commonly confused with "court"?
"court" is commonly confused with "Cut", "Curt", "of". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "court"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "court" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "court" come from?
"court" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Buben#14,531Birne#14,524Akute#14,488Havel#14,585

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

Buddha7 variantsGhetto7 variantszarte7 variantsKeith7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list