Karat
[kaˈʁaːt]
The verdict
“Karat” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #29,188 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #29,188
- frequency rank, German
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Einheit für die Masse (das Gewicht) von Edelsteinen: 1 Karat entspricht etwa 0,2 Gramm
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 | Karat |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kaˈʁaːt] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #29,188 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Karat” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Karat is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kaˈʁaːt]. Corpus data places it at rank #29,188 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Karat, with forms such as "akrat", "kaart", and "karatt". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "kat", "Karl", "Kurt", 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 its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Karat, spelled K-A-R-A-T.
Definition
- 1Einheit für die Masse (das Gewicht) von Edelsteinen: 1 Karat entspricht etwa 0,2 Gramm
- 2Einheit für den Anteil an Gold in einer Legierung: 1 Karat entspricht einem Anteil an reinem Gold von 1/24
- 3Same des Johannisbrotbaums
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: akrat,kaart,karatt,karrat,karta,kkarat,kraat
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Karat - 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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Using “Karat”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is K-A-R-A-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [kaˈʁaːt] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “kat” - see the side-by-side comparison. Karat vs kat
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.