Kakteen

[kakˈteːən]

/[kakˈteːən]/ noun

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The verdict

“Kakteen” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #40,023. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#40,023
frequency rank, German
4,158
“K” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Kaktee

Corpus desk

Index DE-kakteen · Kakteen · German

Kakteen · rank #40,023 · 10 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #40,023
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,158
  • PHOTO-FINISH Kakerlaken

Nearest frequency peer: Kakerlaken (-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 „Kakteen“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „Kakteen“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Kakteen vs Karten
71% similar
Kakteen vs Katzen
71% similar
Kakteen vs kalten
57% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Kakteen
PropertyValue
HeadwordKakteen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kakˈteːən]
Letters7
Frequency rank#40,023
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Kakteen“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Kakteenliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Kakerlaken“ (#40,022), „Kalenders“ (#40,024), „Kadaver“ (#40,021). Unter 4,158 „K“-Lemmata liegt „Kakteen“ bei #40,023. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around Kakteen (IPA [kakˈteːən]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #40,023 among 4,158 “K” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Kakteen, with forms such as "akkteen", "kaketen", and "kakkteen". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "Karten", "Katzen", "kalten", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Kakteen, spelled K-A-K-T-E-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Kaktee
  2. 2
    Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Kaktee
  3. 3
    Dativ Plural des Substantivs Kaktee
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Kaktee

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • akkteen
  • kaketen
  • kakkteen
  • kakteenn
  • kakten
  • kaktene
  • kaktteen
  • katkeen
  • kkakteen
  • kkateen

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Kakteen - 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.

akkteen2kaketen2kakkteen1kakteenn1kakten1kaktene2kaktteen1katkeen2
Edit distance from "Kakteen"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Kakteen"?
"Kakteen" is spelled K-A-K-T-E-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [kakˈteːən].
What does "Kakteen" mean?
As a noun, "Kakteen" means: Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Kaktee
What words are commonly confused with "Kakteen"?
"Kakteen" is commonly confused with "Karten", "Katzen", "kalten". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Kakteen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Kakteen" is [kakˈteːən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Kakteen" come from?
"Kakteen" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Kakteen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Kadaver#40,021Kapitol#40,027killing#40,029Irlands#40,013

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

kleidet10 variantsInterim10 variantsHausherr10 variantsFlieder10 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list