Kaufhaus
[ˈkaʊ̯fˌhaʊ̯s]
The verdict
“Kaufhaus” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #17,337. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #17,337
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - großes, meist mehrere Etagen umfassendes Geschäft, in dem Handelswaren meist mehrerer Warengruppe in großer Sortimentstiefe und Sortimentsbreite angeboten werden
Corpus desk
Index DE-kaufhaus · Kaufhaus · German
Kaufhaus · rank #17,337 · 11 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #17,337
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH Kapseln
Nearest frequency peer: Kapseln (-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 „Kaufhaus“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Jahrgänge
Jahrgänge
82,668 corpus weight
- Kanzleramt
Kanzleramt
82,666 corpus weight
- Kapseln
Kapseln
82,665 corpus weight
- Kaufhaus
Kaufhaus
82,664 corpus weight
- Kaufleute
Kaufleute
82,663 corpus weight
- kitty
kitty
82,661 corpus weight
What this shows „Kaufhaus“ 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 | Kaufhaus |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkaʊ̯fˌhaʊ̯s] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #17,337 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Kaufhaus“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around Kaufhaus (IPA [ˈkaʊ̯fˌhaʊ̯s]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #17,337 among 4,158 “K” headwords. Dominant gloss: "großes, meist mehrere Etagen umfassendes Geschäft, in dem Handelswaren meist mehrerer Warengruppe in großer Sortimentstiefe und Sortimentsbreite angeboten werden".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Kaufhaus, with forms such as "akufhaus", "kafuhaus", and "kaufahus". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Kurhaus", "Kaufhäuser", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Kaufhaus, spelled K-A-U-F-H-A-U-S.
Definition
- 1großes, meist mehrere Etagen umfassendes Geschäft, in dem Handelswaren meist mehrerer Warengruppe in großer Sortimentstiefe und Sortimentsbreite angeboten werden
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Kaufhaus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das Kaufhaus öffnet erst um 08:30 Uhr.
„Er gab sich damit zufrieden, gelegentlich in Kaufhäusern auf Wühltischen Taschenbücher und Schallplatten im Sonderangebot bis zu fünf Mark zu erstehen.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- akufhaus
- kafuhaus
- kaufahus
- kauffhaus
- kaufhasu
- kaufhauss
- kaufhhaus
- kaufhuas
- kauhfaus
- kkaufhaus
- kuafhaus
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Kaufhaus - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 "Kaufhaus", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).