Kärtchen
[ˈkɛʁtçən]
The verdict
“Kärtchen” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #47,550. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #47,550
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - kleine Karte
Corpus desk
Index DE-kartchen · Kärtchen · German
Kärtchen · rank #47,550 · 13 variants · 8 confusables
- FREQ-MID #47,550
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH kuschel
Nearest frequency peer: kuschel (-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 „Kärtchen“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- kritischem
kritischem
52,456 corpus weight
- kuschel
kuschel
52,452 corpus weight
- Kärtchen
Kärtchen
52,451 corpus weight
- Ladendiebst…
Ladendiebstahl
52,450 corpus weight
- Lai
Lai
52,449 corpus weight
- Lasso
Lasso
52,447 corpus weight
What this shows „Kärtchen“ 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 | Kärtchen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkɛʁtçən] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #47,550 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Kärtchen“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around Kärtchen (IPA [ˈkɛʁtçən]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #47,550 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 Kärtchen, with forms such as "kkärtchen", "krätchen", and "kärcthen". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "Karten", "krachen", "kitchen", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Kärtchen, spelled K-Ä-R-T-C-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1kleine Karte
- 2altes Volumenmaß
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Kärtchen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er gab ihr ein Kärtchen mit seinem Namen und seiner Adresse.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- kkärtchen
- krätchen
- kärcthen
- kärrtchen
- kärtcchen
- kärtcehn
- kärtchenn
- kärtchhen
- kärtchne
- kärthcen
- kärttchen
- kätrchen
- äkrtchen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Kärtchen - 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 "Kärtchen", 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).