Kautschuk
[ˈkaʊ̯t͡ʃʊk]
The verdict
“Kautschuk” has 14 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #35,865. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #35,865
- frequency rank, German
- 55,078
- “K” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - aus Pflanzen gewonnene elastische Polymere, aus denen Gummi hergestellt wird
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kautschuk |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkaʊ̯t͡ʃʊk] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #35,865 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Kautschuk” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around Kautschuk (IPA [ˈkaʊ̯t͡ʃʊk]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #35,865 among 55,078 “K” headwords. Dominant gloss: "aus Pflanzen gewonnene elastische Polymere, aus denen Gummi hergestellt wird".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for Kautschuk, with forms such as "akutschuk", "katuschuk", and "kaustchuk". 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. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Kautschuk, spelled K-A-U-T-S-C-H-U-K.
Definition
- 1aus Pflanzen gewonnene elastische Polymere, aus denen Gummi hergestellt wird
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- akutschuk
- katuschuk
- kaustchuk
- kautcshuk
- kautscchuk
- kautschhuk
- kautschku
- kautschukk
- kautscuhk
- kautshcuk
- kautsschuk
- kauttschuk
- kkautschuk
- kuatschuk
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Kautschuk - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Using “Kautschuk”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is K-A-U-T-S-C-H-U-K - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈkaʊ̯t͡ʃʊk] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.