Kerlchen
[ˈkɛʁlçən]
The verdict
“Kerlchen” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #32,116. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #32,116
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - kleiner Mann; junger Kerl
Corpus desk
Index DE-kerlchen · Kerlchen · German
Kerlchen · rank #32,116 · 13 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-MID #32,116
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH Karnevals
Nearest frequency peer: Karnevals (-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 „Kerlchen“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Kanadas
Kanadas
67,888 corpus weight
- Karel
Karel
67,887 corpus weight
- Karnevals
Karnevals
67,886 corpus weight
- Kerlchen
Kerlchen
67,885 corpus weight
- Kernen
Kernen
67,884 corpus weight
- Kindererzie…
Kindererziehung
67,882 corpus weight
What this shows „Kerlchen“ 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 | Kerlchen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkɛʁlçən] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #32,116 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Kerlchen“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around Kerlchen (IPA [ˈkɛʁlçən]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #32,116 among 4,158 “K” headwords. Dominant gloss: "kleiner Mann; junger Kerl".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Kerlchen, with forms such as "ekrlchen", "kelrchen", and "kerclhen". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "Kerlen", "krachen", "Kirschen", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Kerlchen, spelled K-E-R-L-C-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1kleiner Mann; junger Kerl
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Kerlchen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Jung ist ein plietsches Kerlchen, das sag ich dir! Aus dem wird noch mal was.
„Das ist ein zähes Kerlchen, sagte der Postbote, als er Skúli in Botn ablieferte.“
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ekrlchen
- kelrchen
- kerclhen
- kerlcchen
- kerlcehn
- kerlchenn
- kerlchhen
- kerlchne
- kerlhcen
- kerllchen
- kerrlchen
- kkerlchen
- krelchen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Kerlchen - 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 "Kerlchen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).