Kette

[ˈkɛtə]

/[ˈkɛtə]/ noun

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The verdict

“Kette” has 5 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #4,283. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,283
frequency rank, German
4,158
“K” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Reihe aus beweglichen, ineinandergefügten Gliedern

Corpus desk

Index DE-kette · Kette · German

Kette · rank #4,283 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,283
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,158
  • PHOTO-FINISH Katastrophe

Nearest frequency peer: Katastrophe (-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 „Kette“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „Kette“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Kette vs kitt
40% similar
Kette vs Küste
60% similar
Kette vs Kiste
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Kette
PropertyValue
HeadwordKette
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈkɛtə]
Letters5
Frequency rank#4,283
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Kette“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Ketteliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Katastrophe“ (#4,282), „langem“ (#4,284), „Jörg“ (#4,281). Unter 4,158 „K“-Lemmata liegt „Kette“ bei #4,283. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around Kette (IPA [ˈkɛtə]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,283 among 4,158 “K” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for Kette, with forms such as "ektte", "kete", and "ketet". 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, "kitt", "Küste", "Kiste", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Kette, spelled K-E-T-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Reihe aus beweglichen, ineinandergefügten Gliedern
  2. 2
    Schmuckstück aus [1]
  3. 3
    Schar von Perlhühnern
  4. 4
    Gesamtheit der Fäden, die bei der Herstellung eines Gewebes in Längsrichtung verlaufen.
  5. 5
    zusammenhängende Elemente aller Art, aufeinanderfolgende Abläufe
  6. 6
    eine totalgeordnete Menge

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Kette appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Es gibt verschiedene Ketten zum Antrieb, zum Beispiel die Fahrradkette.
  2. „Eine staubige Straße in der Wüste, die Sonne brennt, Häftlinge in Ketten jäten Unkraut.“

Synonyms

HalsbandScharHerde

Antonyms

SeilBandSchuss

This word in other languages

chain(English)cadena(Español)chaîne(Français)corrente(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ektte
  • kete
  • ketet
  • kkette
  • ktete

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Kette - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ektte2kete1ketet2kkette1ktete2
Edit distance from "Kette"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Kette"?
"Kette" is spelled K-E-T-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkɛtə].
What does "Kette" mean?
As a noun, "Kette" means: Reihe aus beweglichen, ineinandergefügten Gliedern
What words are commonly confused with "Kette"?
"Kette" is commonly confused with "kitt", "Küste", "Kiste". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Kette"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Kette" is [ˈkɛtə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Kette" come from?
"Kette" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Kette", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).

Irak5 variantslike5 variantsGras5 variantseBay5 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list