Kadett
[kaˈdɛt]
The verdict
“Kadett” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #47,514. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #47,514
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - angehender Offiziersanwärter
Corpus desk
Index DE-kadett · Kadett · German
Kadett · rank #47,514 · 7 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #47,514
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH Kabarettisten
Nearest frequency peer: Kabarettisten (-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 „Kadett“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Judikative
Judikative
52,490 corpus weight
- Jute
Jute
52,489 corpus weight
- Kabarettist…
Kabarettisten
52,488 corpus weight
- Kadett
Kadett
52,487 corpus weight
- Kafkas
Kafkas
52,486 corpus weight
- Kaliningrad
Kaliningrad
52,485 corpus weight
What this shows „Kadett“ 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 | Kadett |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kaˈdɛt] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #47,514 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Kadett“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around Kadett (IPA [kaˈdɛt]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #47,514 among 4,158 “K” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Kadett, with forms such as "akdett", "kaddett", and "kadet". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "kaputt", "Kadetten", "Kader", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Kadett, spelled K-A-D-E-T-T.
Definition
- 1angehender Offiziersanwärter
- 2Verbandsmitglied des Kadettenverbandes Schweiz
- 3Bursche
- 4Angehöriger einer Altersklasse in verschiedenen Sportarten
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Kadett appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die Gesetzgebung der Republik Belarus sieht vor, dass ein solcher Eintritt in den Militärdienst als Kadett der Militärakademie: - Freiwillig erfolgt; …“
„[Napoleon I. t]rat 1784 als Kadett in die französische Armee ein und avancierte 1794 zum Brigadegeneral; […].“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- akdett
- kaddett
- kadet
- kadtet
- kaedtt
- kdaett
- kkadett
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Kadett - 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.
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 "Kadett", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).