Kapellmeister
[kaˈpɛlˌmaɪ̯stɐ]
The verdict
“Kapellmeister” has 18 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #35,263. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #35,263
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
- 18
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - musikalischer Leiter einer Kapelle
Corpus desk
Index DE-kapellmeister · Kapellmeister · German
Kapellmeister · rank #35,263 · 18 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #35,263
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 18 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH Kaktus
Nearest frequency peer: Kaktus (-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 „Kapellmeister“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- jedwede
jedwede
64,742 corpus weight
- jüngstes
jüngstes
64,740 corpus weight
- Kaktus
Kaktus
64,739 corpus weight
- Kapellmeist…
Kapellmeister
64,738 corpus weight
- Karriereende
Karriereende
64,737 corpus weight
- Keltischen
Keltischen
64,735 corpus weight
What this shows „Kapellmeister“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kapellmeister |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kaˈpɛlˌmaɪ̯stɐ] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #35,263 |
| Misspellings tracked | 18 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Kapellmeister“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 18 spelling variants around Kapellmeister (IPA [kaˈpɛlˌmaɪ̯stɐ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #35,263 among 4,158 “K” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for Kapellmeister, with forms such as "akpellmeister", "kaepllmeister", and "kapellemister". 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. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Kapellmeister, spelled K-A-P-E-L-L-M-E-I-S-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1musikalischer Leiter einer Kapelle
- 2Dirigent eines Orchesters
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Kapellmeister appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Von Zeit zu Zeit wandte er sich, in die Hände klatschend, zum Kapellmeister, damit dieser den Einsatz zu einer Polka oder einer Mazurka gebe, um die Wartezeit zu überbrücken.“
„Trotzdem ist Hoffmann weit davon entfernt zu klagen, er ist froh, seine Kunst vor einem Publikum ausüben zu können, dessen Gunst er als Komponist sehr viel mehr erwirbt denn als Kapellmeister.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- akpellmeister
- kaepllmeister
- kapellemister
- kapellmeisetr
- kapellmeisster
- kapellmeisterr
- kapellmeistre
- kapellmeistter
- kapellmeitser
- kapellmesiter
- kapellmiester
- kapellmmeister
- kapelmeister
- kapelmleister
- kaplelmeister
- kappellmeister
- kkapellmeister
- kpaellmeister
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Kapellmeister - 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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Kapellmeister", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (18 here; floor ≥5).