Karat
[kaˈʁaːt]
The verdict
“Karat” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #29,188. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #29,188
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Einheit für die Masse (das Gewicht) von Edelsteinen: 1 Karat entspricht etwa 0,2 Gramm
Corpus desk
Index DE-karat · Karat · German
Karat · rank #29,188 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #29,188
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH Kalium
Nearest frequency peer: Kalium (-2 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 „Karat“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Jüngling
Jüngling
70,817 corpus weight
- kahlen
kahlen
70,816 corpus weight
- Kalium
Kalium
70,815 corpus weight
- Karat
Karat
70,813 corpus weight
- kichern
kichern
70,811 corpus weight
- Kirsche
Kirsche
70,810 corpus weight
What this shows „Karat“ 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 | 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) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Karat“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around Karat (IPA [kaˈʁaːt]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #29,188 among 4,158 “K” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
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
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Karat appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Innerhalb dreier Jahre sind nach dem ‚Daily Telegraph‘ in diesem Gebiet 700 Diamanten von 1 bis 6 ½ Karat gefunden worden.“
„Es handelte sich um einen strohfarbenen Diamanten von neun oder zehn Karat.“
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Karat", 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 (7 here; floor ≥5).