kara
The verdict
“kara” has 5 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #21,657. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #21,657
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - lieb, wert, teuer, wertvoll, hold, herzig
Corpus desk
Index DE-kara · kara · German
kara · rank #21,657 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #21,657
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH Kalkül
Nearest frequency peer: Kalkül (-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 „kara“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- June
June
78,347 corpus weight
- jungle
jungle
78,346 corpus weight
- Kalkül
Kalkül
78,345 corpus weight
- kara
kara
78,344 corpus weight
- Katholizism…
Katholizismus
78,342 corpus weight
- Kerber
Kerber
78,341 corpus weight
What this shows „kara“ 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 | kara |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #21,657 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „kara“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around kara, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #21,657 among 4,158 “K” headwords. Dominant gloss: "lieb, wert, teuer, wertvoll, hold, herzig".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for kara, with forms such as "akra", "kaar", and "karra". 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, "Kr", "kay", "kat", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is kara, spelled K-A-R-A.
Definition
- 1lieb, wert, teuer, wertvoll, hold, herzig
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how kara appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sed ne, kara, estis mia genuo. Mi frapis ĝin kontraŭ io.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- akra
- kaar
- karra
- kkara
- kraa
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of kara - 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.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "kara", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).