Kennzeichen
[ˈkɛnˌt͡saɪ̯çn̩]
The verdict
“Kennzeichen” has 15 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #5,389. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #5,389
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Merkmal, an dem man eine Person oder einen Gegenstand erkennt
Corpus desk
Index DE-kennzeichen · Kennzeichen · German
Kennzeichen · rank #5,389 · 15 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #5,389
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH kaufe
Nearest frequency peer: kaufe (-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 „Kennzeichen“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Kandidat
Kandidat
94,615 corpus weight
- Kanzlerin
Kanzlerin
94,614 corpus weight
- kaufe
kaufe
94,613 corpus weight
- Kennzeichen
Kennzeichen
94,612 corpus weight
- Kommende
Kommende
94,611 corpus weight
- konservativ…
konservativen
94,610 corpus weight
What this shows „Kennzeichen“ 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 | Kennzeichen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkɛnˌt͡saɪ̯çn̩] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #5,389 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Kennzeichen“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around Kennzeichen (IPA [ˈkɛnˌt͡saɪ̯çn̩]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,389 among 4,158 “K” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for Kennzeichen, with forms such as "eknnzeichen", "kennezichen", and "kennzecihen". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "kennzeichnen", "kennzeichnet", "kennzeichnend", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Kennzeichen, spelled K-E-N-N-Z-E-I-C-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1Merkmal, an dem man eine Person oder einen Gegenstand erkennt
- 2Zulassungsnummer oder Kennung eines Fahrzeugs
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Kennzeichen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ein besonderes Kennzeichen des Täters ist eine Narbe über dem rechten Auge.
„An diesem Herbsttage war alles still in Skálholt, und niemand wußte, daß etwas geschehen; es begann zu frieren, und dadurch roch es nicht mehr so arg nach Kehricht und Schmutz, was sonst ein Kennzeichen dieses Ortes war.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- eknnzeichen
- kennezichen
- kennzecihen
- kennzeicchen
- kennzeicehn
- kennzeichenn
- kennzeichhen
- kennzeichne
- kennzeihcen
- kennziechen
- kennzzeichen
- kenzeichen
- kenzneichen
- kkennzeichen
- knenzeichen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Kennzeichen - 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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Kennzeichen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).