Kaliber
[ˌkaˈliːbɐ]
The verdict
“Kaliber” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #14,102. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #14,102
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Innendurchmesser des Laufes einer Feuerwaffe beziehungsweise Durchmesser eines Projektils
Corpus desk
Index DE-kaliber · Kaliber · German
Kaliber · rank #14,102 · 10 variants · 6 confusables
- FREQ-MID #14,102
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH Kathedrale
Nearest frequency peer: Kathedrale (+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 „Kaliber“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Jemen
Jemen
85,902 corpus weight
- joggen
joggen
85,901 corpus weight
- Kaliber
Kaliber
85,899 corpus weight
- Kathedrale
Kathedrale
85,898 corpus weight
- Kenner
Kenner
85,897 corpus weight
- knüpfen
knüpfen
85,896 corpus weight
What this shows „Kaliber“ 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 | Kaliber |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˌkaˈliːbɐ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #14,102 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Kaliber“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around Kaliber (IPA [ˌkaˈliːbɐ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,102 among 4,158 “K” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Kaliber, with forms such as "akliber", "kailber", and "kalbier". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "kalter", "Kleber", "kapier", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Kaliber, spelled K-A-L-I-B-E-R.
Definition
- 1Innendurchmesser des Laufes einer Feuerwaffe beziehungsweise Durchmesser eines Projektils
- 2Wesensart, Format
- 3Baureihe eines mechanischen Uhrwerkes mit dazugehörigem Herstellercode
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Kaliber appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Tatwaffe hatte Kaliber 9.
„Das Geschütz wurde im Jahr 1411 in Braunschweig gegossen, wog gut 8000 Kilo und soll durch ein knapp drei Meter langes Rohr mit einem Kaliber von 76 Zentimetern schwere Steinkugeln verschossen haben.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- akliber
- kailber
- kalbier
- kalibber
- kaliberr
- kalibre
- kaliebr
- kalliber
- kkaliber
- klaiber
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Kaliber - 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 "Kaliber", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).