Karlsbad
[ˈkaʁlsˌbaːt]
The verdict
“Karlsbad” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #37,606. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #37,606
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - weltbekannter Kurort im Westen Tschechiens
Corpus desk
Index DE-karlsbad · Karlsbad · German
Karlsbad · rank #37,606 · 13 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #37,606
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH Kapitäns
Nearest frequency peer: Kapitäns (-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 „Karlsbad“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Kanzlerkand…
Kanzlerkandidat
62,398 corpus weight
- Kapitels
Kapitels
62,397 corpus weight
- Kapitäns
Kapitäns
62,396 corpus weight
- Karlsbad
Karlsbad
62,395 corpus weight
- Kaufmanns
Kaufmanns
62,394 corpus weight
- Kiesel
Kiesel
62,392 corpus weight
What this shows „Karlsbad“ 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 | Karlsbad |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈkaʁlsˌbaːt] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #37,606 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Karlsbad“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around Karlsbad (IPA [ˈkaʁlsˌbaːt]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #37,606 among 4,158 “K” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Karlsbad, with forms such as "akrlsbad", "kalrsbad", and "karlbsad". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Karlstadt", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Karlsbad, spelled K-A-R-L-S-B-A-D.
Definition
- 1weltbekannter Kurort im Westen Tschechiens
- 2Gemeinde in Baden-Württemberg im Landkreis Karlsruhe
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Karlsbad appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Eine positive Bilanz des Musik-Wochenendes im tschechischen Karlsbad ziehen jetzt die Instrumentalisten vom Blasorchester des Feuerwehrverbandes der Region Hannover.“
„Sieben kommunale Baumaßnahmen der Gemeinde Karlsbad sind zur Zeit in vollem Gange.“
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- akrlsbad
- kalrsbad
- karlbsad
- karllsbad
- karlsabd
- karlsbadd
- karlsbbad
- karlsbda
- karlssbad
- karrlsbad
- karslbad
- kkarlsbad
- kralsbad
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Karlsbad - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 "Karlsbad", 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 (13 here; floor ≥5).