Kempten
[ˈkɛmptn̩]
The verdict
“Kempten” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #14,338. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #14,338
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Stadt in Bayern, Deutschland
Corpus desk
Index DE-kempten · Kempten · German
Kempten · rank #14,338 · 11 variants · 8 confusables
- FREQ-MID #14,338
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH Karls
Nearest frequency peer: Karls (-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 „Kempten“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- kanadischen
kanadischen
85,666 corpus weight
- Karate
Karate
85,665 corpus weight
- Karls
Karls
85,664 corpus weight
- Kempten
Kempten
85,663 corpus weight
- klebt
klebt
85,662 corpus weight
- Klischees
Klischees
85,661 corpus weight
What this shows „Kempten“ 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 | Kempten |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈkɛmptn̩] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #14,338 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Kempten“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around Kempten (IPA [ˈkɛmptn̩]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #14,338 among 4,158 “K” headwords. Dominant gloss: "eine Stadt in Bayern, Deutschland".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Kempten, with forms such as "ekmpten", "kemmpten", and "kempetn". 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. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "Ketten", "Kerpen", "Kometen", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Kempten, spelled K-E-M-P-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1eine Stadt in Bayern, Deutschland
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Kempten appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Kempten liegt in der südlichsten Ferienregion von Deutschland.
„Seit 2000 leitete er das Rauschgiftdezernat in Kempten.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ekmpten
- kemmpten
- kempetn
- kemppten
- kemptenn
- kemptne
- kemptten
- kemtpen
- kepmten
- kkempten
- kmepten
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Kempten - 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 "Kempten", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).