Kettenreaktion
[ˈkɛtn̩ʁeakˌt͡si̯oːn]
The verdict
“Kettenreaktion” has 19 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #40,634. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #40,634
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
- 19
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Reaktion, bei der nach einer Startreaktion mehrere Reaktionen hintereinander ablaufen
Corpus desk
Index DE-kettenreaktion · Kettenreaktion · German
Kettenreaktion · rank #40,634 · 19 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #40,634
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 19 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH Kennwort
Nearest frequency peer: Kennwort (-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 „Kettenreaktion“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- kbA
kbA
59,369 corpus weight
- Kennwort
Kennwort
59,368 corpus weight
- Kettenreakt…
Kettenreaktion
59,367 corpus weight
- Kiddies
Kiddies
59,366 corpus weight
- kindergarte…
kindergartens
59,365 corpus weight
- Kinderspiel…
Kinderspielplatz
59,364 corpus weight
What this shows „Kettenreaktion“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kettenreaktion |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkɛtn̩ʁeakˌt͡si̯oːn] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #40,634 |
| Misspellings tracked | 19 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Kettenreaktion“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 19 spelling variants around Kettenreaktion (IPA [ˈkɛtn̩ʁeakˌt͡si̯oːn]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #40,634 among 4,158 “K” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for Kettenreaktion, with forms such as "ekttenreaktion", "ketenreaktion", and "ketetnreaktion". 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. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Kettenreaktion, spelled K-E-T-T-E-N-R-E-A-K-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Reaktion, bei der nach einer Startreaktion mehrere Reaktionen hintereinander ablaufen
- 2Vorkommnis, das eine Reihe weiterer Vorkommnisse auslöst
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Kettenreaktion appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das Anstoßen von hintereinander aufgestellten Dominosteinen bewirkt eine Kettenreaktion.
„Er würde die EU in ihren Grundfesten erschüttern und womöglich eine Kettenreaktion auslösen, die das Potential hat, die ganze Gemeinschaft in Trümmer zu legen.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ekttenreaktion
- ketenreaktion
- ketetnreaktion
- ketteneraktion
- kettennreaktion
- kettenraektion
- kettenreakiton
- kettenreakktion
- kettenreaktino
- kettenreaktionn
- kettenreaktoin
- kettenreakttion
- kettenreatkion
- kettenrekation
- kettenrreaktion
- ketterneaktion
- kettnereaktion
- kkettenreaktion
- ktetenreaktion
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Kettenreaktion - 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.
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 "Kettenreaktion", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (19 here; floor ≥5).