Kernen
[ˈkɛʁnən]
The verdict
“Kernen” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #32,117. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #32,117
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dativ Plural des Substantivs Kern
Corpus desk
Index DE-kernen · Kernen · German
Kernen · rank #32,117 · 8 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #32,117
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH Kerlchen
Nearest frequency peer: Kerlchen (-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 „Kernen“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- 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
- Kinderheim
Kinderheim
67,881 corpus weight
What this shows „Kernen“ 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 | Kernen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkɛʁnən] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #32,117 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Kernen“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around Kernen (IPA [ˈkɛʁnən]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #32,117 among 4,158 “K” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Dativ Plural des Substantivs Kern".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Kernen, with forms such as "ekrnen", "kenren", and "kerenn". 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, "Kerze", "Kerns", "können", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
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 Kernen, spelled K-E-R-N-E-N.
Definition
- 1Dativ Plural des Substantivs Kern
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ekrnen
- kenren
- kerenn
- kernenn
- kernnen
- kerrnen
- kkernen
- krenen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Kernen - 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 "Kernen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).