Kardinal
[ˌkaʁdiˈnaːl]
The verdict
“Kardinal” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #7,946. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,946
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - vom Papst verliehener religiöser Titel, der zur Papstwahl berechtigt
Corpus desk
Index DE-kardinal · Kardinal · German
Kardinal · rank #7,946 · 12 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #7,946
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH Kapazität
Nearest frequency peer: Kapazität (-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 „Kardinal“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- jährliche
jährliche
92,058 corpus weight
- Kaninchen
Kaninchen
92,057 corpus weight
- Kapazität
Kapazität
92,056 corpus weight
- Kardinal
Kardinal
92,055 corpus weight
- Karneval
Karneval
92,054 corpus weight
- Katholiken
Katholiken
92,053 corpus weight
What this shows „Kardinal“ 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 | Kardinal |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˌkaʁdiˈnaːl] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #7,946 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Kardinal“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around Kardinal (IPA [ˌkaʁdiˈnaːl]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,946 among 4,158 “K” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Kardinal, with forms such as "akrdinal", "kadrinal", and "karddinal". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Karina", "Kardinäle", "Kardinals", 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Kardinal, spelled K-A-R-D-I-N-A-L.
Definition
- 1vom Papst verliehener religiöser Titel, der zur Papstwahl berechtigt
- 2Vertreter einer nur in Amerika heimischen Vogelfamilie
- 3ein Schmetterling aus der Familie der Edelfalter
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Kardinal appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Papst beriet sich mit seinen Kardinälen.
„Als Kardinal Anton Gruscha die Initiative ergriff, ordnete Franz Joseph I. am 18. April 1896 dem Kultusministerium die Bereitstellung der Geldmittel an; die Grundsteinlegung erfolgte am 10. Oktober 1896 in seiner Anwesenheit.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- akrdinal
- kadrinal
- karddinal
- kardianl
- kardinall
- kardinla
- kardinnal
- kardnial
- karidnal
- karrdinal
- kkardinal
- kradinal
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Kardinal - 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 "Kardinal", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).