Curling
[ˈkøːɐ̯lɪŋ]
The verdict
“Curling” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #42,409. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #42,409
- frequency rank, German
- 1,273
- “C” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Wintersportart, bei der zwei Mannschaften mit jeweils vier Mitgliedern gegeneinander spielen und versuchen, ihre Curlingsteine möglichst nah an den Mittelpunkt des Zielkreises auf der Eisbahn zu pl...
Corpus desk
Index DE-curling · Curling · German
Curling · rank #42,409 · 11 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #42,409
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,273
- PHOTO-FINISH cycle
Nearest frequency peer: cycle (+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 „Curling“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- coll
coll
57,595 corpus weight
- colombo
colombo
57,594 corpus weight
- Curling
Curling
57,592 corpus weight
- cycle
cycle
57,591 corpus weight
- dahinterste…
dahintersteckt
57,590 corpus weight
- Dampflok
Dampflok
57,589 corpus weight
What this shows „Curling“ 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 | Curling |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkøːɐ̯lɪŋ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #42,409 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Curling“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around Curling (IPA [ˈkøːɐ̯lɪŋ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #42,409 among 1,273 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Wintersportart, bei der zwei Mannschaften mit jeweils vier Mitgliedern gegeneinander spielen und versuchen, ihre Curlingsteine möglichst nah an den Mittelpunkt des Zielkreises auf der Eisbahn zu pl...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Curling, with forms such as "ccurling", "cruling", and "culring". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "cycling", "calling", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Curling, spelled C-U-R-L-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1Wintersportart, bei der zwei Mannschaften mit jeweils vier Mitgliedern gegeneinander spielen und versuchen, ihre Curlingsteine möglichst nah an den Mittelpunkt des Zielkreises auf der Eisbahn zu platzieren
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Curling appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Curling ist eine olympische Disziplin.
Helene und Gregory haben das Curling für sich entdeckt.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccurling
- cruling
- culring
- curilng
- curlign
- curlingg
- curlinng
- curlling
- curlnig
- currling
- ucrling
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Curling - 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 "Curling", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).