Kirsche
[ˈkɪʁʃə]
The verdict
“Kirsche” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #29,191. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #29,191
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Steinfrucht; Frucht des Kirschbaums
Corpus desk
Index DE-kirsche · Kirsche · German
Kirsche · rank #29,191 · 11 variants · 6 confusables
- FREQ-MID #29,191
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH kichern
Nearest frequency peer: kichern (-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 „Kirsche“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Karat
Karat
70,813 corpus weight
- kichern
kichern
70,811 corpus weight
- Kirsche
Kirsche
70,810 corpus weight
- Klimaanlagen
Klimaanlagen
70,809 corpus weight
- Klos
Klos
70,808 corpus weight
- Kommissare
Kommissare
70,807 corpus weight
What this shows „Kirsche“ 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 | Kirsche |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkɪʁʃə] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #29,191 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Kirsche“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around Kirsche (IPA [ˈkɪʁʃə]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #29,191 among 4,158 “K” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Kirsche, with forms such as "ikrsche", "kircshe", and "kirrsche". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "Kitsch", "Kutsche", "kölsche", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Kirsche, spelled K-I-R-S-C-H-E.
Definition
- 1Steinfrucht; Frucht des Kirschbaums
- 2der in der Natur wachsende Kirschbaum
- 3das Holz des Kirschbaums
- 4junges Mädchen, das die Freundin eines Jugendlichen ist
- 5derjenige Ball, mit dem gespielt wird
- 6Kopf
- 7Hämorrhoiden, die blutgefüllten Ausbuchtungen am After
- 8Hoden, die beiden Testikel
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Kirsche appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich esse gerne Kirschen.
„Einer Schale entnahm er eingemachte Kirschen, legte sie in eine kleine Kupferpfanne und erhitzte sie auf der Spiritusflamme.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ikrsche
- kircshe
- kirrsche
- kirscche
- kirsceh
- kirschhe
- kirshce
- kirssche
- kisrche
- kkirsche
- krische
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Kirsche - 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 "Kirsche", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).