kara

adj

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#21,657

in German word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

kara is anGermanadj. It means: lieb, wert, teuer, wertvoll, hold, herzig Often confused with Kr and kay.

Key facts for kara
PropertyValue
Headwordkara
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
Letters4
Frequency rank#21,657
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of kara in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for kara is 4 letters long, classified as anadj. Corpus data places it at rank #21,657 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "lieb, wert, teuer, wertvoll, hold, herzig".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for kara, with forms such as "akra", "kaar", and "karra". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Kr", "kay", "kat", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is kara, spelled K-A-R-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    lieb, wert, teuer, wertvoll, hold, herzig

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: akra,kaar,karra,kkara,kraa

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for kara

Misspelling Variants of "kara"

akra4kaar4karra5kkara5kraa4
Misspelling Variants of "kara"

Frequency rank: #21,657 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "kara"?
"kara" is spelled K-A-R-A.
What does "kara" mean?
As an adj, "kara" means: lieb, wert, teuer, wertvoll, hold, herzig
What words are commonly confused with "kara"?
"kara" is commonly confused with "Kr", "kay", "kat". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "kara" come from?
"kara" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby German words

Other entries that begin with the letter K in our German index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.