kauft
[kaʊ̯ft]
The verdict
“kauft” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #3,536. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #3,536
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs kaufen
Corpus desk
Index DE-kauft · kauft · German
kauft · rank #3,536 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #3,536
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH lernt
Nearest frequency peer: lernt (+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 „kauft“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- haha
haha
96,468 corpus weight
- He
He
96,467 corpus weight
- kauft
kauft
96,465 corpus weight
- lernt
lernt
96,464 corpus weight
- Magdeburg
Magdeburg
96,463 corpus weight
- Nationen
Nationen
96,462 corpus weight
What this shows „kauft“ 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 | kauft |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [kaʊ̯ft] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #3,536 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „kauft“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around kauft (IPA [kaʊ̯ft]), averb. Corpus frequency is #3,536 among 4,158 “K” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for kauft, with forms such as "akuft", "kafut", and "kaufft". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "kaum", "Kurt", "Kult", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is kauft, spelled K-A-U-F-T.
Definition
- 12. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs kaufen
- 23. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs kaufen
- 32. Person Plural Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs kaufen
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- akuft
- kafut
- kaufft
- kauftt
- kautf
- kkauft
- kuaft
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of kauft - 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 "kauft", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).