Kampf
[kamp͡f]
The verdict
“Kampf” is in the everyday core of German, ranked #932 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #932
- frequency rank, German
- 5
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - militärische Auseinandersetzung feindlicher Truppen
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 | Kampf |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kamp͡f] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #932 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Kampf” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Kampf is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kamp͡f]. Corpus data places it at rank #932 in overall German word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Kampf, with forms such as "akmpf", "kamfp", and "kammpf". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Kopf", "Kauf", "kapp", 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 its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Kampf, spelled K-A-M-P-F.
Definition
- 1militärische Auseinandersetzung feindlicher Truppen
- 2handgreifliche Auseinandersetzung zweier oder mehrerer Personen oder Parteien
- 3Wettstreit mit anderen Menschen oder im übertragenen Sinne mit der Natur oder mit sich selbst
- 4Wettstreit
- 5engagierter Einsatz für ein bestimmtes Ziel
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: akmpf,kamfp,kammpf,kampff,kamppf,kapmf,kkampf,kmapf
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Kampf - 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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Using “Kampf”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is K-A-M-P-F - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [kamp͡f] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Kopf” - see the side-by-side comparison. Kampf vs Kopf
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.