Karikatur
[kaʁikaˈtuːɐ̯]
The verdict
“Karikatur” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #15,926. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #15,926
- frequency rank, German
- 55,078
- “K” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - komisch überzeichnete Darstellung von Personen, Dingen oder Sachverhalten, indem charakteristische Eigenschaften selbiger übersteigert und der Lächerlichkeit preisgegeben werden
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 | Karikatur |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kaʁikaˈtuːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #15,926 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Karikatur” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around Karikatur (IPA [kaʁikaˈtuːɐ̯]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #15,926 among 55,078 “K” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Karikatur, with forms such as "akrikatur", "kairkatur", and "kariaktur". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Karikaturen", 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Karikatur, spelled K-A-R-I-K-A-T-U-R.
Definition
- 1komisch überzeichnete Darstellung von Personen, Dingen oder Sachverhalten, indem charakteristische Eigenschaften selbiger übersteigert und der Lächerlichkeit preisgegeben werden
- 2das Karikieren, die Kunst des Karikierens
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: akrikatur,kairkatur,kariaktur,karikatru,karikattur,karikaturr,karikautr,karikkatur,kariktaur,karkiatur,karrikatur,kkarikatur,kraikatur
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Karikatur - 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 “Karikatur”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is K-A-R-I-K-A-T-U-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [kaʁikaˈtuːɐ̯] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Karikaturen” - see the side-by-side comparison. Karikatur vs Karikaturen
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Same frequency band
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.