kapitulieren
[kapituˈliːʁən]
The verdict
“kapitulieren” has 17 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #44,004. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #44,004
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
- 17
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - einen Kampf aufgeben, die eigene Niederlage eingestehen
Corpus desk
Index DE-kapitulieren · kapitulieren · German
kapitulieren · rank #44,004 · 17 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #44,004
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 17 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH Kapitalerträge
Nearest frequency peer: Kapitalerträge (-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 „kapitulieren“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- kalifornisc…
kalifornische
56,000 corpus weight
- kapier
kapier
55,999 corpus weight
- Kapitalertr…
Kapitalerträge
55,998 corpus weight
- kapitulieren
kapitulieren
55,997 corpus weight
- Kardinals
Kardinals
55,996 corpus weight
- Katheter
Katheter
55,994 corpus weight
What this shows „kapitulieren“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
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 | kapitulieren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [kapituˈliːʁən] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #44,004 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „kapitulieren“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 17 spelling variants around kapitulieren (IPA [kapituˈliːʁən]), averb. Corpus frequency is #44,004 among 4,158 “K” headwords. Dominant gloss: "einen Kampf aufgeben, die eigene Niederlage eingestehen".
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for kapitulieren, with forms such as "akpitulieren", "kaiptulieren", and "kapitluieren". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "kapituliert", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 kapitulieren, spelled K-A-P-I-T-U-L-I-E-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1einen Kampf aufgeben, die eigene Niederlage eingestehen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how kapitulieren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Diese Aufgabe ist zu schwierig für mich. Ich muss leider kapitulieren.
Erst als die Rebellen von der Armee umstellt waren, kapitulierten sie.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- akpitulieren
- kaiptulieren
- kapitluieren
- kapittulieren
- kapituileren
- kapituleiren
- kapitulieern
- kapitulierenn
- kapitulierne
- kapitulierren
- kapitulireen
- kapitullieren
- kapiutlieren
- kappitulieren
- kaptiulieren
- kkapitulieren
- kpaitulieren
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of kapitulieren - 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 "kapitulieren", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).