Kalifornien
[ˌkaliˈfɔʁniən]
The verdict
“Kalifornien” has 16 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #5,502. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #5,502
- frequency rank, German
- 55,078
- “K” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - US-Bundesstaat im Westen der USA
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kalifornien |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˌkaliˈfɔʁniən] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #5,502 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Kalifornien” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around Kalifornien (IPA [ˌkaliˈfɔʁniən]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #5,502 among 55,078 “K” headwords. Dominant gloss: "US-Bundesstaat im Westen der USA".
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for Kalifornien, with forms such as "aklifornien", "kailfornien", and "kalfiornien". 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. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Kalifornien, spelled K-A-L-I-F-O-R-N-I-E-N.
Definition
- 1US-Bundesstaat im Westen der USA
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aklifornien
- kailfornien
- kalfiornien
- kaliffornien
- kalifonrien
- kaliforinen
- kalifornein
- kalifornienn
- kalifornine
- kalifornnien
- kaliforrnien
- kalifronien
- kaliofrnien
- kallifornien
- kkalifornien
- klaifornien
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Kalifornien - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Using “Kalifornien”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is K-A-L-I-F-O-R-N-I-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˌkaliˈfɔʁniən] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.