Kickstarter
[ˈkɪkˌʃtaʁtɐ]
The verdict
“Kickstarter” has 18 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #31,637. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #31,637
- frequency rank, German
- 55,078
- “K” headwords
- 18
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - fußbetätigte Anlassvorrichtung bei motorisierten Zweirädern
Corpus desk
Index DE-kickstarter · Kickstarter · German
Kickstarter · rank #31,637 · 18 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #31,637
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 18 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 55,078
- PHOTO-FINISH Kindertagesst…
Nearest frequency peer: Kindertagesstätten (+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 “Kickstarter”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Kalifat
Kalifat
68,368 corpus weight
- Kantor
Kantor
68,367 corpus weight
- Karo
Karo
68,366 corpus weight
- Kickstarter
Kickstarter
68,364 corpus weight
- Kindertages…
Kindertagesstätten
68,363 corpus weight
- kindlichen
kindlichen
68,362 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Kickstarter” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kickstarter |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkɪkˌʃtaʁtɐ] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #31,637 |
| Misspellings tracked | 18 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Kickstarter” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 18 spelling variants around Kickstarter (IPA [ˈkɪkˌʃtaʁtɐ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #31,637 among 55,078 “K” headwords. Dominant gloss: "fußbetätigte Anlassvorrichtung bei motorisierten Zweirädern".
Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for Kickstarter, with forms such as "ikckstarter", "kcikstarter", and "kicckstarter". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Kickstarter, spelled K-I-C-K-S-T-A-R-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1fußbetätigte Anlassvorrichtung bei motorisierten Zweirädern
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ikckstarter
- kcikstarter
- kicckstarter
- kickkstarter
- kicksatrter
- kicksstarter
- kickstaretr
- kickstarrter
- kickstarterr
- kickstartre
- kickstartter
- kickstatrer
- kickstrater
- kicksttarter
- kicktsarter
- kicsktarter
- kikcstarter
- kkickstarter
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Kickstarter - 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.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Kickstarter", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (18 here; floor ≥5).
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.