Kafka
[ˈkafka]
The verdict
“Kafka” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #17,045. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #17,045
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 17
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - deutscher Familienname, Nachname
Corpus desk
Index DE-kafka · Kafka · German
Kafka · rank #17,045 · 7 variants · 17 confusables
- FREQ-MID #17,045
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH Jensen
Nearest frequency peer: Jensen (-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 „Kafka“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- iranische
iranische
82,959 corpus weight
- islamistisc…
islamistische
82,958 corpus weight
- Jensen
Jensen
82,957 corpus weight
- Kafka
Kafka
82,956 corpus weight
- Kaiserreich
Kaiserreich
82,955 corpus weight
- kalter
kalter
82,954 corpus weight
What this shows „Kafka“ 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 | Kafka |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈkafka] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #17,045 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 17 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Kafka“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around Kafka (IPA [ˈkafka]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #17,045 among 4,158 “K” headwords. Dominant gloss: "deutscher Familienname, Nachname".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Kafka, with forms such as "akfka", "kafak", and "kaffka". 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 17 confusable-pair relationships, "Kalk", "kara", "kika", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
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 Kafka, spelled K-A-F-K-A.
Definition
- 1deutscher Familienname, Nachname
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Kafka appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Diesem Phänomen begegnen wir insbesondere in Österreich, für das, mit den Worten Gustav E. Kafkas, ‚die Tendenz beider großen Parteien typisch {ist}, sich jedes organisierbare Interesse auch organisatorisch einzuverleiben‘, mit der Folge, ‚daß nahezu alle Gliederungen der Gesellschaft die Polarität der politischen Organisationen widerspiegeln‘.“
„Angesichts dieser langen Trennung ist der Vorschlag Siegfried Löwys erstaunlich und legt die Vermutung nahe, dass er den Kafkas den Anblick des äußerlich stark veränderten Kranken ersparen wollte.“
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- akfka
- kafak
- kaffka
- kafkka
- kakfa
- kfaka
- kkafka
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Kafka - 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 "Kafka", 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).