Kinderlähmung
[ˈkɪndɐˌlɛːmʊŋ]
The verdict
“Kinderlähmung” is uncommon German (frequency #60,731 among 55,078 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,731
- frequency rank, German
- 55,078
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - meist epidemisch im Spätsommer bei Kindern und Jugendlichen auftretende virale Infektionskrankheit
Corpus desk
Index DE-kinderlahmung · Kinderlähmung · German
Kinderlähmung · rank #60,731 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,731
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 55,078
- PHOTO-FINISH Kindergartenk…
Nearest frequency peer: Kindergartenkinder (-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 “Kinderlähmung”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Kennziffer
Kennziffer
39,274 corpus weight
- kichert
kichert
39,272 corpus weight
- Kindergarte…
Kindergartenkinder
39,271 corpus weight
- Kinderlähmu…
Kinderlähmung
39,270 corpus weight
- Kindersterb…
Kindersterblichkeit
39,269 corpus weight
- kindischen
kindischen
39,268 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Kinderlähmung” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kinderlähmung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkɪndɐˌlɛːmʊŋ] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #60,731 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Kinderlähmung” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Kinderlähmung is uncommon German at frequency #60,731 among 55,078 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkɪndɐˌlɛːmʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "meist epidemisch im Spätsommer bei Kindern und Jugendlichen auftretende virale Infektionskrankheit".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Kinderlähmung, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Kinderlähmung, spelled K-I-N-D-E-R-L-Ä-H-M-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1meist epidemisch im Spätsommer bei Kindern und Jugendlichen auftretende virale Infektionskrankheit
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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 "Kinderlähmung", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 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.