cultural

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The verdict

“cultural” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #24,285. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#24,285
frequency rank, German
1,273
“C” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-cultural · cultural · German

cultural · rank #24,285 · 12 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #24,285
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,273
  • PHOTO-FINISH cotton

Nearest frequency peer: cotton (-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 „cultural“

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

corpus weight

What this shows „cultural“ 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).

cultural vs culture
75% similar
cultural vs of
0% similar
cultural vs ii
0% similar

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

Key facts for cultural
PropertyValue
Headwordcultural
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[…]
Letters8
Frequency rank#24,285
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „cultural“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).culturalliegt 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: „cotton“ (#24,284), „custom“ (#24,286), „commons“ (#24,283). Unter 1,273 „C“-Lemmata liegt „cultural“ bei #24,285. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around cultural (IPA […]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #24,285 among 1,273 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "kulturell".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for cultural, with forms such as "ccultural", "clutural", and "culltural". 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, "culture", "of", "ii", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is cultural, spelled C-U-L-T-U-R-A-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    kulturell

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „For all of the 20th century Iraq was regarded as the cultural hub for the Arab world.“

This word in other languages

culturel(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccultural
  • clutural
  • culltural
  • cultrual
  • culttural
  • cultuarl
  • culturall
  • culturla
  • culturral
  • culutral
  • cutlural
  • ucltural

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cultural - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ccultural1clutural2culltural1cultrual2culttural1cultuarl2culturall1culturla2
Edit distance from "cultural"

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 "cultural"?
"cultural" is spelled C-U-L-T-U-R-A-L. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "cultural" mean?
As an adjective, "cultural" means: kulturell
What words are commonly confused with "cultural"?
"cultural" is commonly confused with "culture", "of", "ii". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cultural"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cultural" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cultural" come from?
"cultural" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

dauernde#24,290britisch#24,274Befugnis#24,259Balladen#24,254

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

erworbene12 variantsexzellent12 variantsfeuchter12 variantsanerkennt12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list