Karma
[ˈkaʁma]
The verdict
“Karma” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #10,502. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,502
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hauptglaubenssatz im Hinduismus, Buddhismus und Jainismus; das spirituelle Konzept, dass jede (physische und geistige) Handlung unweigerlich Folgen hat, die sich durch Schicksalsschläge während des...
Corpus desk
Index DE-karma · Karma · German
Karma · rank #10,502 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,502
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH Kalorien
Nearest frequency peer: Kalorien (-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 „Karma“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Joint
Joint
89,503 corpus weight
- Kalorien
Kalorien
89,500 corpus weight
- Karma
Karma
89,499 corpus weight
- kay
kay
89,498 corpus weight
- Kekse
Kekse
89,497 corpus weight
- kippen
kippen
89,496 corpus weight
What this shows „Karma“ 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 | Karma |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkaʁma] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #10,502 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Karma“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around Karma (IPA [ˈkaʁma]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,502 among 4,158 “K” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Hauptglaubenssatz im Hinduismus, Buddhismus und Jainismus; das spirituelle Konzept, dass jede (physische und geistige) Handlung unweigerlich Folgen hat, die sich durch Schicksalsschläge während des...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Karma, with forms such as "akrma", "kamra", and "karam". 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, "kaum", "Koma", "kart", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Karma, spelled K-A-R-M-A.
Definition
- 1Hauptglaubenssatz im Hinduismus, Buddhismus und Jainismus; das spirituelle Konzept, dass jede (physische und geistige) Handlung unweigerlich Folgen hat, die sich durch Schicksalsschläge während des weiteren irdischen Lebens ausdrücken oder/und die Form der Wiedergeburt (in der Hölle oder auf der Erde; als Mensch, Tier oder Pflanze) bestimmen; die Summe der nach diesem Prinzip bewerteten Handlungen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Karma appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Karma beschreibt das Gesetz von Ursache und Wirkung.
Nach der Lehre des Hinduismus hängt das Schicksal des Menschen nach seinem Tod von seinem je nach seinen irdischen Taten guten oder schlechten Karma ab.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- akrma
- kamra
- karam
- karmma
- karrma
- kkarma
- krama
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Karma - 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 "Karma", 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).