Kerbe
[ˈkɛʁbə]
The verdict
“Kerbe” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #36,443. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #36,443
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine keilförmige Vertiefung
Corpus desk
Index DE-kerbe · Kerbe · German
Kerbe · rank #36,443 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #36,443
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH Kernkraftwerk
Nearest frequency peer: Kernkraftwerk (+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 „Kerbe“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- kehr
kehr
63,561 corpus weight
- Kelle
Kelle
63,560 corpus weight
- Kerbe
Kerbe
63,558 corpus weight
- Kernkraftwe…
Kernkraftwerk
63,557 corpus weight
- Kirschbaum
Kirschbaum
63,556 corpus weight
- Knauf
Knauf
63,555 corpus weight
What this shows „Kerbe“ 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 | Kerbe |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkɛʁbə] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #36,443 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Kerbe“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around Kerbe (IPA [ˈkɛʁbə]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #36,443 among 4,158 “K” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Kerbe, with forms such as "ekrbe", "kebre", and "kerbbe". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Kern", "Kerl", "Korb", 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Kerbe, spelled K-E-R-B-E.
Definition
- 1eine keilförmige Vertiefung
- 2regional für: Kirchweih
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Kerbe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Um einen Baum mit einer Axt zu fällen, sollte man zuerst eine Kerbe in den Stamm schlagen.
„Aber alle realen Gläser weisen mikroskopische Kerben und Fehlstellen auf.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ekrbe
- kebre
- kerbbe
- kereb
- kerrbe
- kkerbe
- krebe
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Kerbe - 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 "Kerbe", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).