Käfer
[ˈkɛːfɐ]
The verdict
“Käfer” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #10,318. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,318
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Insekt mit harten Vorderflügeln, mit Larven- und Puppenstadium (Ordnung Coleoptera)
Corpus desk
Index DE-kafer · Käfer · German
Käfer · rank #10,318 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,318
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH kräftigen
Nearest frequency peer: kräftigen (-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 „Käfer“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Kostüme
Kostüme
89,686 corpus weight
- Krisen
Krisen
89,685 corpus weight
- kräftigen
kräftigen
89,684 corpus weight
- Käfer
Käfer
89,683 corpus weight
- lake
lake
89,682 corpus weight
- Limit
Limit
89,681 corpus weight
What this shows „Käfer“ 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 | Käfer |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkɛːfɐ] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #10,318 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Käfer“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around Käfer (IPA [ˈkɛːfɐ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,318 among 4,158 “K” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Käfer, with forms such as "kfäer", "kkäfer", and "käefr". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Kar", "Käse", "käme", and more, 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 easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Käfer, spelled K-Ä-F-E-R.
Definition
- 1Insekt mit harten Vorderflügeln, mit Larven- und Puppenstadium (Ordnung Coleoptera)
- 2Umgangssprache der 1950er Jahre für ein hübsches Mädchen
- 3Von Ferdinand Porsche entwickelter leichter Pkw in der Form eines Marienkäfers
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Käfer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Igel finden immer weniger Käfer zum Fressen.
„In der Zwischenzeit lungerte er im Schatten herum, schnappte Fliegen und Käfer auf dem Dach der Hütte, die Walt ihm gebaut hatte.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- kfäer
- kkäfer
- käefr
- käferr
- käffer
- käfre
- äkfer
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Käfer - 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 "Käfer", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).