Kalender

/[kaˈlɛndɐ]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,191

in German word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

Kalender is aGermannoun. It means: Darstellung, Verzeichnis der aufeinanderfolgenden Tage, Wochen und Monate in Blatt-, Block- oder Buchform, oft mit Angaben zu Feiertagen, Ferien, Gedenktagen, Jahreszeiten, Mondphase, Namenstagen, ... Pronounced [kaˈlɛndɐ]. It ranks #5,191 in German word frequency. Often confused with Kleider and Kalenders.

Key facts for Kalender
PropertyValue
HeadwordKalender
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kaˈlɛndɐ]
Letters8
Frequency rank#5,191
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Kalender in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Kalender is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kaˈlɛndɐ]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,191 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for Kalender, with forms such as "aklender", "kaelnder", and "kaledner". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Kleider", "Kalenders", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Kalender, spelled K-A-L-E-N-D-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Darstellung, Verzeichnis der aufeinanderfolgenden Tage, Wochen und Monate in Blatt-, Block- oder Buchform, oft mit Angaben zu Feiertagen, Ferien, Gedenktagen, Jahreszeiten, Mondphase, Namenstagen, Sonnenaufgang und Sonnenuntergang
  2. 2
    so genannter Blättermagen, die dritte Abteilung des Magens der Wiederkäuer
  3. 3
    Erscheinungsart der Derwische
  4. 4
    Vertreter der Calenderherren (Kaland)

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aklender,kaelnder,kaledner,kalendder,kalenderr,kalendre,kalenedr,kalennder,kallender,kalneder,kkalender,klaender

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Kalender

Misspelling Variants of "Kalender"

aklender8kaelnder8kaledner8kalendder9kalenderr9kalendre8kalenedr8kalennder9
Misspelling Variants of "Kalender"

Frequency rank: #5,191 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Kalender"?
"Kalender" is spelled K-A-L-E-N-D-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [kaˈlɛndɐ].
What does "Kalender" mean?
As a noun, "Kalender" means: Darstellung, Verzeichnis der aufeinanderfolgenden Tage, Wochen und Monate in Blatt-, Block- oder Buchform, oft mit Angaben zu Feiertagen, Ferien, Gedenktagen, Jahreszeiten, Mondphase, Namenstagen, ...
What words are commonly confused with "Kalender"?
"Kalender" is commonly confused with "Kleider", "Kalenders". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Kalender"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Kalender" is [kaˈlɛndɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Kalender" come from?
"Kalender" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.