Katherine

/[…]/ name

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#25,192

in German word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

Katherine is aGermanname. It means: weiblicher Vorname Pronounced […]. Often confused with Kathrin and of.

Key facts for Katherine
PropertyValue
HeadwordKatherine
LanguageGerman
Part of speechName
IPA[…]
Letters9
Frequency rank#25,192
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Katherine in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Katherine is 9 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as […]. Corpus data places it at rank #25,192 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "weiblicher Vorname".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Katherine, with forms such as "aktherine", "kahterine", and "katehrine". 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, "Kathrin", "of", "TO", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Katherine, spelled K-A-T-H-E-R-I-N-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    weiblicher Vorname

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aktherine,kahterine,katehrine,katheirne,katherien,katherinne,kathernie,katherrine,kathherine,kathreine,kattherine,kkatherine,ktaherine

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Katherine

Misspelling Variants of "Katherine"

aktherine9kahterine9katehrine9katheirne9katherien9katherinne10kathernie9katherrine10
Misspelling Variants of "Katherine"

Frequency rank: #25,192 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Katherine"?
"Katherine" is spelled K-A-T-H-E-R-I-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "Katherine" mean?
As a name, "Katherine" means: weiblicher Vorname
What words are commonly confused with "Katherine"?
"Katherine" is commonly confused with "Kathrin", "of", "TO". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Katherine"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Katherine" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Katherine" come from?
"Katherine" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby German words

Other entries that begin with the letter K in our German index:

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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.