kinderlos
[ˈkɪndɐloːs]
The verdict
“kinderlos” has 14 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #39,469. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #39,469
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - keine Kinder besitzend
Corpus desk
Index DE-kinderlos · kinderlos · German
kinderlos · rank #39,469 · 14 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #39,469
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH Kinderklinik
Nearest frequency peer: Kinderklinik (-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 „kinderlos“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- kin
kin
60,535 corpus weight
- Kinde
Kinde
60,534 corpus weight
- Kinderklinik
Kinderklinik
60,533 corpus weight
- kinderlos
kinderlos
60,532 corpus weight
- klappern
klappern
60,531 corpus weight
- Klebstoff
Klebstoff
60,530 corpus weight
What this shows „kinderlos“ 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 | kinderlos |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈkɪndɐloːs] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #39,469 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „kinderlos“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around kinderlos (IPA [ˈkɪndɐloːs]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #39,469 among 4,158 “K” headwords. Dominant gloss: "keine Kinder besitzend".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for kinderlos, with forms such as "iknderlos", "kidnerlos", and "kindderlos". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "kinderlose", "kinderlosen", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 kinderlos, spelled K-I-N-D-E-R-L-O-S.
Definition
- 1keine Kinder besitzend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how kinderlos appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Einige kinderlose Paare adoptieren Kinder.
„In Deutschland sind etwa sechs bis zehn Prozent aller Paare ungewollt kinderlos.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- iknderlos
- kidnerlos
- kindderlos
- kindelros
- kinderllos
- kinderloss
- kinderlso
- kinderols
- kinderrlos
- kindrelos
- kinedrlos
- kinnderlos
- kkinderlos
- kniderlos
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of kinderlos - 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 "kinderlos", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).