Karussell
[ˌkaʁʊˈsɛl]
The verdict
“Karussell” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #26,475. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #26,475
- frequency rank, German
- 55,078
- “K” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Fahrgeschäft auf Volksfesten, mit einer sich drehenden Plattform, auf der Personen – insbesondere Kinder – im Kreis fahren können
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Karussell |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˌkaʁʊˈsɛl] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #26,475 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Karussell” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around Karussell (IPA [ˌkaʁʊˈsɛl]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #26,475 among 55,078 “K” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Fahrgeschäft auf Volksfesten, mit einer sich drehenden Plattform, auf der Personen – insbesondere Kinder – im Kreis fahren können".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Karussell, with forms such as "akrussell", "karrussell", and "karsusell". 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. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 Karussell, spelled K-A-R-U-S-S-E-L-L.
Definition
- 1Fahrgeschäft auf Volksfesten, mit einer sich drehenden Plattform, auf der Personen – insbesondere Kinder – im Kreis fahren können
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- akrussell
- karrussell
- karsusell
- karusell
- karusesll
- karussel
- karusslel
- karußell
- kaurssell
- kkarussell
- kraussell
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Karussell - 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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Using “Karussell”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is K-A-R-U-S-S-E-L-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˌkaʁʊˈsɛl] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.