Käufer
[ˈkɔɪ̯fɐ]
The verdict
“Käufer” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #5,197. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #5,197
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemand, der gegen Bezahlung etwas in Besitz nimmt, etwas kauft
Corpus desk
Index DE-kaufer · Käufer · German
Käufer · rank #5,197 · 8 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #5,197
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH KW
Nearest frequency peer: KW (-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 „Käufer“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Kompetenz
Kompetenz
94,807 corpus weight
- kreisen
kreisen
94,806 corpus weight
- KW
KW
94,805 corpus weight
- Käufer
Käufer
94,804 corpus weight
- leeren
leeren
94,803 corpus weight
- Liberalen
Liberalen
94,802 corpus weight
What this shows „Käufer“ 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 | Käufer |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkɔɪ̯fɐ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #5,197 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Käufer“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around Käufer (IPA [ˈkɔɪ̯fɐ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,197 among 4,158 “K” headwords. Dominant gloss: "jemand, der gegen Bezahlung etwas in Besitz nimmt, etwas kauft".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Käufer, with forms such as "kkäufer", "kuäfer", and "käfuer". 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 also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "kauft", "Koffer", "kaufte", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Käufer, spelled K-Ä-U-F-E-R.
Definition
- 1jemand, der gegen Bezahlung etwas in Besitz nimmt, etwas kauft
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Käufer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Erst nach zehn Jahre dauernden Verkaufsversuchen hat sich ein Käufer für die Liegenschaft gefunden.
„Erst später gingen über das Warenangebot der Geschäfte die überregionalen Bezeichnungen allmählich in den Sprachgebrauch der Käufer aller Schichten und Sprachlandschaften über.“
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- kkäufer
- kuäfer
- käfuer
- käuefr
- käuferr
- käuffer
- käufre
- äkufer
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Käufer - 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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Käufer", 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).