kicken
[ˈkɪkn̩]
The verdict
“kicken” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #28,270. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #28,270
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas oder jemanden treten
Corpus desk
Index DE-kicken · kicken · German
kicken · rank #28,270 · 9 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #28,270
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH KGB
Nearest frequency peer: KGB (-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 „kicken“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- katastropha…
katastrophale
71,734 corpus weight
- Kellnerin
Kellnerin
71,733 corpus weight
- KGB
KGB
71,732 corpus weight
- kicken
kicken
71,731 corpus weight
- kiefern
kiefern
71,730 corpus weight
- Kindesmissb…
Kindesmissbrauch
71,729 corpus weight
What this shows „kicken“ 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 | kicken |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈkɪkn̩] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #28,270 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „kicken“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around kicken (IPA [ˈkɪkn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #28,270 among 4,158 “K” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for kicken, with forms such as "ikcken", "kciken", and "kiccken". 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, "Küken", "kickt", "kochen", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists 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 kicken, spelled K-I-C-K-E-N.
Definition
- 1etwas oder jemanden treten
- 2Fußball spielen; einen Ball treten
- 3jemanden aus einem Onlinebereich entfernen
- 4ein Geräusch wie 'kick' von sich geben; mucksen oder auch stammeln
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how kicken appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich hab' gegen den Fernseher gekickt und plötzlich ging er wieder.
Die Jungs lieben Fußball. Den ganzen Tag sind sie auf dem Platz und kicken.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ikcken
- kciken
- kiccken
- kicekn
- kickenn
- kickken
- kickne
- kikcen
- kkicken
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of kicken - 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 "kicken", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).