Kandidatur
[kandidaˈtuːɐ̯]
The verdict
“Kandidatur” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #12,320 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #12,320
- frequency rank, German
- 10
- letters
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Antreten einer Person bei einer Wahl
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 | Kandidatur |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kandidaˈtuːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #12,320 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Kandidatur” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Kandidatur is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kandidaˈtuːɐ̯]. Corpus data places it at rank #12,320 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Antreten einer Person bei einer Wahl".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for Kandidatur, with forms such as "akndidatur", "kadnidatur", and "kanddiatur". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Kandidat", "Kandidaten", "Kandidatin", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Kandidatur, spelled K-A-N-D-I-D-A-T-U-R.
Definition
- 1Antreten einer Person bei einer Wahl
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: akndidatur,kadnidatur,kanddiatur,kanddidatur,kandiadtur,kandidatru,kandidattur,kandidaturr,kandidautr,kandiddatur,kandidtaur,kaniddatur,kanndidatur,kkandidatur,knadidatur
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Kandidatur - 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 “Kandidatur”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is K-A-N-D-I-D-A-T-U-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [kandidaˈtuːɐ̯] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Kandidat” - see the side-by-side comparison. Kandidatur vs Kandidat
- 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.