kaut
[kaʊ̯t]
The verdict
“kaut” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #46,771) as a verb. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #46,771
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs kauen
Corpus desk
Index DE-kaut · kaut · German
kaut · rank #46,771 · 4 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #46,771
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-LOW 4 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH Kasan
Nearest frequency peer: Kasan (-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.
Häufigkeitsnachbarn des Verwechslers „kaut“
Peers mit ähnlichem Corpus-Gewicht, getrennt von den Verwechslungspaaren unten
- jährigem
jährigem
53,234 corpus weight
- Kamenz
Kamenz
53,233 corpus weight
- Kasan
Kasan
53,231 corpus weight
- kaut
kaut
53,230 corpus weight
- Kerzenschein
Kerzenschein
53,229 corpus weight
- Kinderarmut
Kinderarmut
53,227 corpus weight
What this shows Balken platzieren „kaut“ gegen die nächsten gerankten deutschen Lemmata, kein Reprint der Verwechslungsdesk.
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 | kaut |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [kaʊ̯t] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #46,771 |
| Misspellings tracked | 4 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Corpus-Rang neben Verwechslern von „kaut“
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for kaut is neighbouring look-alikes ("ku", "KT", …), not just typos; it is averb pronounced [kaʊ̯t]. Frequency #46,771 among 4,158 “K” headwords. 3 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for kaut, with forms such as "katu", "kautt", and "kkaut". 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, "ku", "KT", "Kuh", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 kaut, spelled K-A-U-T.
Definition
- 13. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs kauen
- 22. Person Plural Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs kauen
- 32. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs kauen
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- katu
- kautt
- kkaut
- kuat
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of kaut - 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 "kaut", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).