Kappa
[ˈkapa]
The verdict
“Kappa” has 5 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #24,795. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #24,795
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - zehnter Buchstabe des griechischen Alphabets
Corpus desk
Index DE-kappa · Kappa · German
Kappa · rank #24,795 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #24,795
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH kali
Nearest frequency peer: kali (-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 “Kappa”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- julio
julio
75,209 corpus weight
- juristischer
juristischer
75,208 corpus weight
- kali
kali
75,207 corpus weight
- Kappa
Kappa
75,206 corpus weight
- Kassette
Kassette
75,205 corpus weight
- Kerker
Kerker
75,203 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Kappa” 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 | Kappa |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkapa] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #24,795 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Kappa” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around Kappa (IPA [ˈkapa]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #24,795 among 4,158 “K” headwords. Dominant gloss: "zehnter Buchstabe des griechischen Alphabets".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for Kappa, with forms such as "akppa", "kapa", and "kapap". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Kopp", "kara", "kipp", 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 its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Kappa, spelled K-A-P-P-A.
Definition
- 1zehnter Buchstabe des griechischen Alphabets
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Kappa appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die frühen Griechen übernahmen den Buchstaben (im 8. Jahrhundert vor Christus) von den Phöniziern als Qoppa beziehungsweise Koppa und verwendeten ihn fortan als /k/-Laut vor den hinteren, dunklen Vokalen /o/ und /u/, während der Buchstabe Kappa mit demselben Lautwert vor den vorderen, hellen Vokalen /a/, /e/ und /i/ gebraucht wurde.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- akppa
- kapa
- kapap
- kkappa
- kpapa
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Kappa - 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 "Kappa", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "Kappa". Here's where to go from here.
- "Kappa" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "Kopp". View pair
- 5 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #24,795 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.