kaputt
[kaˈpʊt]
The verdict
“kaputt” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #2,253. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #2,253
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - in einem schadhaften oder funktionslosen Zustand
Corpus desk
Index DE-kaputt · kaputt · German
kaputt · rank #2,253 · 7 variants · 8 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #2,253
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH Jürgen
Nearest frequency peer: Jürgen (-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 “kaputt”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Häuser
Häuser
97,751 corpus weight
- jemals
jemals
97,750 corpus weight
- Jürgen
Jürgen
97,749 corpus weight
- kaputt
kaputt
97,748 corpus weight
- Minister
Minister
97,747 corpus weight
- mittels
mittels
97,746 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “kaputt” 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 | kaputt |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [kaˈpʊt] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #2,253 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “kaputt” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around kaputt (IPA [kaˈpʊt]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #2,253 among 4,158 “K” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for kaputt, with forms such as "akputt", "kapputt", and "kaptut". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "kaut", "kauft", "Kapuze", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is kaputt, spelled K-A-P-U-T-T.
Definition
- 1in einem schadhaften oder funktionslosen Zustand
- 2körperlich oder seelisch erschöpft
- 3menschlich am Ende; wirtschaftlich ruiniert
- 4völlig zerrüttet, zerstört
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how kaputt appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Waschmaschine, die ich eben als „neuwertig“ gekauft habe, ist leider kaputt.
Viele Firmen bauen in ihre Produkte "Sollbruchstellen" ein: Das Gerät geht nach relativ kurzer Zeit kaputt, der Kunde muss ein neues kaufen.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- akputt
- kapputt
- kaptut
- kaput
- kauptt
- kkaputt
- kpautt
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of kaputt - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "kaputt", 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 "kaputt". Here's where to go from here.
- "kaputt" maps to 8 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "kaut". View pair
- 7 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #2,253 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.