keys
[kiːz]
The verdict
“keys” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #18,945. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #18,945
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Plural des Substantivs key
Corpus desk
Index DE-keys · keys · German
keys · rank #18,945 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #18,945
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH Kelch
Nearest frequency peer: Kelch (-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 „keys“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- justice
justice
81,059 corpus weight
- Karre
Karre
81,058 corpus weight
- Kelch
Kelch
81,057 corpus weight
- keys
keys
81,056 corpus weight
- Kies
Kies
81,055 corpus weight
- Kirchner
Kirchner
81,054 corpus weight
What this shows „keys“ 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 | keys |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kiːz] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #18,945 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „keys“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around keys (IPA [kiːz]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #18,945 among 4,158 “K” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Plural des Substantivs key".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for keys, with forms such as "ekys", "kesy", and "keyss". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "kos", "Kurs", "kids", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 keys, spelled K-E-Y-S.
Definition
- 1Plural des Substantivs key
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ekys
- kesy
- keyss
- keyys
- kkeys
- kyes
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of keys - 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 "keys", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).