Kerner
[ˈkɛʁnɐ]
The verdict
“Kerner” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #32,619 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #32,619
- frequency rank, German
- 6
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - eine weiße Rebsorte, die 1929 aus einer Kreuzung von Trollinger und Riesling hervorgegangen ist (durchgeführt von August Herold an der Staatlichen Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt für Wein-, Obst- und Gar...
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 | Kerner |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkɛʁnɐ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #32,619 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Kerner” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Kerner is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈkɛʁnɐ]. Corpus data places it at rank #32,619 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Kerner, with forms such as "ekrner", "kenrer", and "kerenr". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Kerze", "Kerns", "Körper", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Kerner, spelled K-E-R-N-E-R.
Definition
- 1eine weiße Rebsorte, die 1929 aus einer Kreuzung von Trollinger und Riesling hervorgegangen ist (durchgeführt von August Herold an der Staatlichen Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt für Wein-, Obst- und Gartenbau in Weinsberg)
- 2Wein, der hergestellt ist aus Kerner-Reben
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ekrner,kenrer,kerenr,kernerr,kernner,kernre,kerrner,kkerner,krener
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Kerner - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Using “Kerner”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is K-E-R-N-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈkɛʁnɐ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Kerze” - see the side-by-side comparison. Kerner vs Kerze
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.