kiss
[kɪs]
The verdict
“kiss” has 5 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #16,200. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #16,200
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Kuss
Corpus desk
Index DE-kiss · kiss · German
kiss · rank #16,200 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #16,200
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH Kippe
Nearest frequency peer: Kippe (-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 „kiss“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Keil
Keil
83,804 corpus weight
- Kessler
Kessler
83,803 corpus weight
- Kippe
Kippe
83,802 corpus weight
- kiss
kiss
83,801 corpus weight
- Klassenzimm…
Klassenzimmer
83,800 corpus weight
- Klausel
Klausel
83,799 corpus weight
What this shows „kiss“ 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 | kiss |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kɪs] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #16,200 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „kiss“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around kiss (IPA [kɪs]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #16,200 among 4,158 “K” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for kiss, with forms such as "ikss", "kis", and "kiß". 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, "kit", "KSK", "kos", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is kiss, spelled K-I-S-S.
Definition
- 1Kuss
- 2Schmatzer
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ikss
- kis
- kiß
- kkiss
- ksis
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of kiss - 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 "kiss", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).