kipp
[kɪp]
The verdict
“kipp” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #33,148) as a verb. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #33,148
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs kippen
Corpus desk
Index DE-kipp · kipp · German
kipp · rank #33,148 · 4 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #33,148
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-LOW 4 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH Kinzig
Nearest frequency peer: Kinzig (-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.
Häufigkeitsnachbarn des Verwechslers „kipp“
Peers mit ähnlichem Corpus-Gewicht, getrennt von den Verwechslungspaaren unten
- kelvin
kelvin
66,856 corpus weight
- Kenntnissta…
Kenntnisstand
66,855 corpus weight
- Kinzig
Kinzig
66,854 corpus weight
- kipp
kipp
66,853 corpus weight
- Kläranlage
Kläranlage
66,852 corpus weight
- Komplize
Komplize
66,851 corpus weight
What this shows Balken platzieren „kipp“ gegen die nächsten gerankten deutschen Lemmata, kein Reprint der Verwechslungsdesk.
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 | kipp |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [kɪp] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #33,148 |
| Misspellings tracked | 4 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Corpus-Rang neben Verwechslern von „kipp“
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for kipp is neighbouring look-alikes ("KP", "kit", …), not just typos; it is averb pronounced [kɪp]. Frequency #33,148 among 4,158 “K” headwords. Gloss: "2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs kippen".
Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for kipp, with forms such as "ikpp", "kip", and "kkipp". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "KP", "kit", "KPD", 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 explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is kipp, spelled K-I-P-P.
Definition
- 12. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs kippen
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ikpp
- kip
- kkipp
- kpip
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of kipp - 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 "kipp", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).