Kehrtwende
[ˈkeːɐ̯tˌvɛndə]
The verdict
“Kehrtwende” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #35,867 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #35,867
- frequency rank, German
- 10
- letters
- 16
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) — Wende in die entgegengesetzte Richtung
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kehrtwende |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkeːɐ̯tˌvɛndə] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #35,867 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Kehrtwende” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Kehrtwende is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈkeːɐ̯tˌvɛndə]. Corpus data places it at rank #35,867 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Wende in die entgegengesetzte Richtung".
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for Kehrtwende, with forms such as "ekhrtwende", "kehhrtwende", and "kehrrtwende". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Kehrtwende, spelled K-E-H-R-T-W-E-N-D-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Wende in die entgegengesetzte Richtung
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ekhrtwende,kehhrtwende,kehrrtwende,kehrtewnde,kehrttwende,kehrtwedne,kehrtwendde,kehrtwened,kehrtwennde,kehrtwnede,kehrtwwende,kehrwtende,kehtrwende,kerhtwende,khertwende,kkehrtwende
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Kehrtwende - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Edit distance from "Kehrtwende"
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 “Kehrtwende”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is K-E-H-R-T-W-E-N-D-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈkeːɐ̯tˌvɛndə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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