kennzeichnen
Letters
12 characters
Frequency Rank
#15,131
in German word usage
Misspellings
16
tracked variants
Confusables
4
similar word pairs
kennzeichnen is aGermanverb. It means: mit Markierung, Symbol/Zeichen/Kennzeichen versehen Pronounced [ˈkɛnt͡saɪ̯çnən]. Often confused with kennzeichnet and Kennzeichnung.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | kennzeichnen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈkɛnt͡saɪ̯çnən] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #15,131 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency rank visualization
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for kennzeichnen is 12 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈkɛnt͡saɪ̯çnən]. Corpus data places it at rank #15,131 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for kennzeichnen, with forms such as "eknnzeichnen", "kennezichnen", and "kennzecihnen". 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 also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "kennzeichnet", "Kennzeichnung", "kennzeichnend", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
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 kennzeichnen, spelled K-E-N-N-Z-E-I-C-H-N-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1mit Markierung, Symbol/Zeichen/Kennzeichen versehen
- 2das Bezeichnete als typisch oder wesentlich durch etwas hervorheben, charakterisieren
- 3typisch/charakteristisch, besonders sein durch/wegen etwas
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: eknnzeichnen,kennezichnen,kennzecihnen,kennzeicchnen,kennzeichhnen,kennzeichnenn,kennzeichnne,kennzeichnnen,kennzeicnhen,kennzeihcnen,kennziechnen,kennzzeichnen,kenzeichnen,kenzneichnen,kkennzeichnen,knenzeichnen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
Relative frequency of common misspelling types for kennzeichnen
Misspelling Variants of "kennzeichnen"
Frequency rank: #15,131 in German
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Nearby German words
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