keystone
[ˈkiːstəʊn]
The verdict
“keystone” is uncommon German (frequency #75,851 among 55,078 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,851
- frequency rank, German
- 55,078
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - oberster und die Struktur fixierender Stein eines Bogens
Corpus desk
Index DE-keystone · keystone · German
keystone · rank #75,851 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,851
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 55,078
- PHOTO-FINISH kees
Nearest frequency peer: kees (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “keystone”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Kartoffelch…
Kartoffelchips
24,154 corpus weight
- kast
kast
24,153 corpus weight
- Kathode
Kathode
24,152 corpus weight
- kees
kees
24,151 corpus weight
- keystone
keystone
24,150 corpus weight
- Kirchenordn…
Kirchenordnung
24,147 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “keystone” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | keystone |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkiːstəʊn] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #75,851 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “keystone” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
keystone is uncommon German at frequency #75,851 among 55,078 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkiːstəʊn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for keystone in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
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 keystone, spelled K-E-Y-S-T-O-N-E.
Definition
- 1oberster und die Struktur fixierender Stein eines Bogens
- 2wichtiger Teil, von dem viel abhängt
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.