Kastration
[kastʁaˈt͡si̯oːn]
The verdict
“Kastration” has 15 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #40,629. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #40,629
- frequency rank, German
- 55,078
- “K” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - operative Entfernung der Keimdrüsen eines Menschen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kastration |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kastʁaˈt͡si̯oːn] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #40,629 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Kastration” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around Kastration (IPA [kastʁaˈt͡si̯oːn]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #40,629 among 55,078 “K” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for Kastration, with forms such as "akstration", "kasrtation", and "kasstration". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 Kastration, spelled K-A-S-T-R-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1operative Entfernung der Keimdrüsen eines Menschen
- 2Entfernung der Fortpflanzungsorgane bei Tieren und Pflanzen
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: akstration,kasrtation,kasstration,kastartion,kastraiton,kastratino,kastrationn,kastratoin,kastrattion,kastrration,kastrtaion,kasttration,katsration,kkastration,ksatration
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Kastration - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “Kastration”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is K-A-S-T-R-A-T-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [kastʁaˈt͡si̯oːn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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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.