Kaufleute
[ˈkaʊ̯fˌlɔɪ̯tə]
The verdict
“Kaufleute” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #17,338. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #17,338
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Handeltreibende beiderlei Geschlechts; Kauffrauen/Kaufmänner
Corpus desk
Index DE-kaufleute · Kaufleute · German
Kaufleute · rank #17,338 · 12 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #17,338
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH Kaufhaus
Nearest frequency peer: Kaufhaus (-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 „Kaufleute“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- 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
- Kleber
Kleber
82,660 corpus weight
What this shows „Kaufleute“ 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 | Kaufleute |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkaʊ̯fˌlɔɪ̯tə] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #17,338 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Kaufleute“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around Kaufleute (IPA [ˈkaʊ̯fˌlɔɪ̯tə]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #17,338 among 4,158 “K” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Kaufleute, with forms such as "akufleute", "kafuleute", and "kaufelute". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Kaufleuten", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Kaufleute, spelled K-A-U-F-L-E-U-T-E.
Definition
- 1Handeltreibende beiderlei Geschlechts; Kauffrauen/Kaufmänner
- 2nicht geschlechtsspezifischer Zusatzplural von Kaufmann und Kauffrau
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Kaufleute appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Unter den Beklagten finden sich aber auch sechs weibliche Kaufleute, die in zwei Fällen wegen unterlassener Kündigung und in einem Fall wegen einer Lohnzahlung verklagt wurden.“
„Für alle Kaufleute besteht nach dem Handelsgesetzbuch (HGB) die Pflicht zur doppelten Buchführung.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- akufleute
- kafuleute
- kaufelute
- kauffleute
- kaufletue
- kaufleuet
- kaufleutte
- kauflleute
- kaufluete
- kaulfeute
- kkaufleute
- kuafleute
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Kaufleute - 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 "Kaufleute", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).