Kadaver
[kaˈdaːvɐ]
The verdict
“Kadaver” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #40,021. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #40,021
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - toter, in Verwesung begriffener Tierkörper
Corpus desk
Index DE-kadaver · Kadaver · German
Kadaver · rank #40,021 · 10 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #40,021
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH Jungfräulichk…
Nearest frequency peer: Jungfräulichkeit (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Kadaver”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Joop
Joop
59,983 corpus weight
- journals
journals
59,982 corpus weight
- Jungfräulic…
Jungfräulichkeit
59,981 corpus weight
- Kadaver
Kadaver
59,980 corpus weight
- Kakerlaken
Kakerlaken
59,979 corpus weight
- Kakteen
Kakteen
59,978 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Kadaver” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | Kadaver |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kaˈdaːvɐ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #40,021 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Kadaver” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around Kadaver (IPA [kaˈdaːvɐ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #40,021 among 4,158 “K” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Kadaver, with forms such as "akdaver", "kaadver", and "kadaevr". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Kader", 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 its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Kadaver, spelled K-A-D-A-V-E-R.
Definition
- 1toter, in Verwesung begriffener Tierkörper
- 2schwacher, kraftloser Körper
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Kadaver appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Tierkörperverwertung nimmt alle Kadaver entgegen.
„Eins, zwei, drei, ist dem Tier die Haut über den Kopf gezogen, und ein anderes Pferd mit einer Karre kommt, um den Kadaver wegzuziehen.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- akdaver
- kaadver
- kadaevr
- kadaverr
- kadavre
- kadavver
- kaddaver
- kadvaer
- kdaaver
- kkadaver
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Kadaver - 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.
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 "Kadaver", 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 (10 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- This headword has one recorded confusable pair with "Kader". View pair
- 10 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #40,021 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "K" letter cohort. K–Z browse
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.