Killer
[ˈkɪlɐ]
The verdict
“Killer” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #8,895. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #8,895
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Person, die – oft auch gegen Bezahlung – jemanden umbringt
Corpus desk
Index DE-killer · Killer · German
Killer · rank #8,895 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #8,895
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH Kiew
Nearest frequency peer: Kiew (-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 „Killer“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Katja
Katja
91,109 corpus weight
- Ken
Ken
91,108 corpus weight
- Kiew
Kiew
91,107 corpus weight
- Killer
Killer
91,106 corpus weight
- ko
ko
91,105 corpus weight
- Kombi
Kombi
91,104 corpus weight
What this shows „Killer“ 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 | Killer |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkɪlɐ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #8,895 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Killer“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around Killer (IPA [ˈkɪlɐ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,895 among 4,158 “K” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Killer, with forms such as "ikller", "kilelr", and "kiler". 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, "killt", "Kölle", "Kinder", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Killer, spelled K-I-L-L-E-R.
Definition
- 1Person, die – oft auch gegen Bezahlung – jemanden umbringt
- 2Stift zum Entfernen von Tinte
- 3etwas, das etwas nicht zur Entfaltung kommen lässt oder abrupt beendet beziehungsweise jemanden aus der Stimmung bringt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Killer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er hat einen Killer engagiert, der sie töten soll.
„Es ist eine traurige Pointe, dass er auf dem Weg zu seiner Frau war, als er von bezahlten Killern ermordet wurde.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ikller
- kilelr
- kiler
- killerr
- killre
- kkiller
- kliler
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Killer - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 "Killer", 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 (7 here; floor ≥5).