katastrophal
[katastʁoˈfaːl]
The verdict
“katastrophal” has 19 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #22,036. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #22,036
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
- 19
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sehr schlimm, verhängnisvoll, entsetzlich
Corpus desk
Index DE-katastrophal · katastrophal · German
katastrophal · rank #22,036 · 19 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #22,036
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 19 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH klarkommen
Nearest frequency peer: klarkommen (+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 „katastrophal“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Kanne
Kanne
77,968 corpus weight
- Karosserie
Karosserie
77,967 corpus weight
- katastrophal
katastrophal
77,965 corpus weight
- klarkommen
klarkommen
77,964 corpus weight
- Klatsch
Klatsch
77,963 corpus weight
- Klimawandels
Klimawandels
77,962 corpus weight
What this shows „katastrophal“ 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 | katastrophal |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [katastʁoˈfaːl] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #22,036 |
| Misspellings tracked | 19 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „katastrophal“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 19 spelling variants around katastrophal (IPA [katastʁoˈfaːl]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #22,036 among 4,158 “K” headwords. Dominant gloss: "sehr schlimm, verhängnisvoll, entsetzlich".
Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for katastrophal, with forms such as "aktastrophal", "kaatstrophal", and "katasrtophal". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "Katastrophe", "Katastrophen", "katastrophale", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 katastrophal, spelled K-A-T-A-S-T-R-O-P-H-A-L.
Definition
- 1sehr schlimm, verhängnisvoll, entsetzlich
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how katastrophal appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die katastrophale Wirtschaftslage eines Landes wirkt sich auf andere Länder aus.
„Die enorme Auswanderungswelle, die Ende der 1960er, Anfang der 1970er Jahre auch Italien, vor allem den Süden des Landes, erfasst hatte, war eine Folge der katastrophalen Wirtschaftslage und der damit verbundenen Perspektivlosigkeit.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aktastrophal
- kaatstrophal
- katasrtophal
- katasstrophal
- katastorphal
- katastrohpal
- katastropahl
- katastrophall
- katastrophhal
- katastrophla
- katastropphal
- katastrpohal
- katastrrophal
- katasttrophal
- katatsrophal
- katsatrophal
- kattastrophal
- kkatastrophal
- ktaastrophal
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of katastrophal - 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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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (19 here; floor ≥5).