Kanone
[kaˈnoːnə]
The verdict
“Kanone” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #19,270. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #19,270
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 17
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Geschütz mit flachem Abschusswinkel
Corpus desk
Index DE-kanone · Kanone · German
Kanone · rank #19,270 · 7 variants · 17 confusables
- FREQ-MID #19,270
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH kahl
Nearest frequency peer: kahl (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Kanone”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- journalisti…
journalistische
80,734 corpus weight
- Kaffeemasch…
Kaffeemaschine
80,733 corpus weight
- kahl
kahl
80,732 corpus weight
- Kanone
Kanone
80,731 corpus weight
- kapieren
kapieren
80,730 corpus weight
- kaufmännisc…
kaufmännischen
80,729 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Kanone” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | Kanone |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kaˈnoːnə] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #19,270 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 17 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Kanone” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around Kanone (IPA [kaˈnoːnə]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #19,270 among 4,158 “K” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Kanone, with forms such as "aknone", "kannoe", and "kannone". 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 17 confusable-pair relationships, "kenne", "könne", "Krone", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 Kanone, spelled K-A-N-O-N-E.
Definition
- 1Geschütz mit flachem Abschusswinkel
- 2Feuerwaffe
- 3Person, die etwas besonders gut kann
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Kanone appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
ein Schiff mit acht Segeln und mit fünfzig Kanonen — (Bertolt Brecht)
„Sie führte nun zwölf Kanonen und einige Petereros auf dem Schandeck, von denen sich vorher nicht eine darauf befunden hatte…“
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aknone
- kannoe
- kannone
- kanoen
- kaonne
- kkanone
- knaone
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Kanone - 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Kanone", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "Kanone". Here's where to go from here.
- "Kanone" maps to 17 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "kenne". View pair
- 7 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #19,270 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "K" letter cohort. K–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.