Kakao
[kaˈkaʊ̯]
The verdict
“Kakao” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #13,177. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #13,177
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 13
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Samen des Kakaobaums
Corpus desk
Index DE-kakao · Kakao · German
Kakao · rank #13,177 · 6 variants · 13 confusables
- FREQ-MID #13,177
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH Kaiserin
Nearest frequency peer: Kaiserin (-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 „Kakao“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- janeiro
janeiro
86,827 corpus weight
- Jules
Jules
86,826 corpus weight
- Kaiserin
Kaiserin
86,825 corpus weight
- Kakao
Kakao
86,824 corpus weight
- Kampagnen
Kampagnen
86,823 corpus weight
- Kinderwagen
Kinderwagen
86,822 corpus weight
What this shows „Kakao“ 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 | Kakao |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kaˈkaʊ̯] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #13,177 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 13 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Kakao“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around Kakao (IPA [kaˈkaʊ̯]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #13,177 among 4,158 “K” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Kakao, with forms such as "akkao", "kaako", and "kakkao". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "kara", "kika", "Karo", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Kakao, spelled K-A-K-A-O.
Definition
- 1Samen des Kakaobaums
- 2Pulver aus dem fermentierten, getrockneten Samen des Kakaobaums
- 3mit Kakao ^([2]) hergestelltes Getränk
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Kakao appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Preise für Kakao haben gestern ihre Richtung gewechselt und sind vor dem Hintergrund zahlreicher Short-Eindeckungen gestern in der Spitze um 5,9% auf 2.322 Dollar pro Tonne gestiegen.
Hier gibt es die besten Tiramisu Rezepte mit Kakao.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- akkao
- kaako
- kakkao
- kakoa
- kkaao
- kkakao
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Kakao - 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 "Kakao", 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 (6 here; floor ≥5).