Karpfen
[ˈkaʁp͡fn̩]
The verdict
“Karpfen” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #26,927. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #26,927
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fisch der Gattung Cyprinus, speziell der Art Cyprinus carpio; ein großer Fisch, der in Teichen lebt
Corpus desk
Index DE-karpfen · Karpfen · German
Karpfen · rank #26,927 · 10 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #26,927
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH Kantonen
Nearest frequency peer: Kantonen (-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 „Karpfen“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Jahrmarkt
Jahrmarkt
73,078 corpus weight
- jar
jar
73,077 corpus weight
- Kantonen
Kantonen
73,075 corpus weight
- Karpfen
Karpfen
73,074 corpus weight
- kcal
kcal
73,072 corpus weight
- Kinderarzt
Kinderarzt
73,071 corpus weight
What this shows „Karpfen“ 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 | Karpfen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkaʁp͡fn̩] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #26,927 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Karpfen“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around Karpfen (IPA [ˈkaʁp͡fn̩]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #26,927 among 4,158 “K” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Karpfen, with forms such as "akrpfen", "kaprfen", and "karfpen". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "kaufen", "Karten", "köpfen", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 Karpfen, spelled K-A-R-P-F-E-N.
Definition
- 1Fisch der Gattung Cyprinus, speziell der Art Cyprinus carpio; ein großer Fisch, der in Teichen lebt
- 2[1] als Speise
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Karpfen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Karpfen nimmt im Winter keine Nahrung auf.
„Die Strömung war vorteilhaft, und unter den Algenbänken wimmelte es von Weißfischen, Barschen und Karpfen.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- akrpfen
- kaprfen
- karfpen
- karpefn
- karpfenn
- karpffen
- karpfne
- karppfen
- karrpfen
- kkarpfen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Karpfen - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 "Karpfen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).