Kartei
[kaʁˈtaɪ̯]
The verdict
“Kartei” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #48,265. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #48,265
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nach einem bestimmten Prinzip sortierte Sammlung von Daten auf Karten oder Blättern gleichen Formats
Corpus desk
Index DE-kartei · Kartei · German
Kartei · rank #48,265 · 8 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #48,265
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH Kalifen
Nearest frequency peer: Kalifen (-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 „Kartei“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Jurij
Jurij
51,739 corpus weight
- Kaffees
Kaffees
51,738 corpus weight
- Kalifen
Kalifen
51,737 corpus weight
- Kartei
Kartei
51,736 corpus weight
- Kataloniens
Kataloniens
51,735 corpus weight
- Kinderrechte
Kinderrechte
51,733 corpus weight
What this shows „Kartei“ 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 | Kartei |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kaʁˈtaɪ̯] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #48,265 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Kartei“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around Kartei (IPA [kaʁˈtaɪ̯]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #48,265 among 4,158 “K” headwords. Dominant gloss: "nach einem bestimmten Prinzip sortierte Sammlung von Daten auf Karten oder Blättern gleichen Formats".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Kartei, with forms such as "akrtei", "kareti", and "karrtei". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Kater", "Kathi", "Kaste", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Kartei, spelled K-A-R-T-E-I.
Definition
- 1nach einem bestimmten Prinzip sortierte Sammlung von Daten auf Karten oder Blättern gleichen Formats
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Kartei appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wir sollten diesen Kunden auf jeden Fall in unsere Kartei aufnehmen.
„Der junge Leonhard war von ihm beauftragt worden, eine entsprechende Kartei zu führen, in der die Besucher nach der Art ihres Anliegens in bestimmte Typen aufgegliedert wurden.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- akrtei
- kareti
- karrtei
- kartie
- karttei
- katrei
- kkartei
- kratei
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Kartei - 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 "Kartei", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).