kitty

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The verdict

“kitty” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #17,340. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#17,340
frequency rank, German
4,158
“K” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Kätzchen, Mieze

Corpus desk

Index DE-kitty · kitty · German

kitty · rank #17,340 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #17,340
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,158
  • PHOTO-FINISH Kleber

Nearest frequency peer: Kleber (+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 „kitty“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „kitty“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

kitty vs of
0% similar
kitty vs TO
0% similar
kitty vs video
20% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for kitty
PropertyValue
Headwordkitty
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters5
Frequency rank#17,340
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „kitty“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).kittyliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Kleber“ (#17,341), „Kaufleute“ (#17,338), „Kommandanten“ (#17,342). Unter 4,158 „K“-Lemmata liegt „kitty“ bei #17,340. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around kitty (IPA […]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #17,340 among 4,158 “K” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Kätzchen, Mieze".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for kitty, with forms such as "iktty", "kittyy", and "kity". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "of", "TO", "video", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is kitty, spelled K-I-T-T-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    Kätzchen, Mieze

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how kitty appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Our kitty is very shy.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • iktty
  • kittyy
  • kity
  • kityt
  • kkitty
  • ktity

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of kitty - 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.

iktty2kittyy1kity1kityt2kkitty1ktity2
Edit distance from "kitty"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "kitty"?
"kitty" is spelled K-I-T-T-Y. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "kitty" mean?
As a noun, "kitty" means: Kätzchen, Mieze
What words are commonly confused with "kitty"?
"kitty" is commonly confused with "of", "TO", "video". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "kitty"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "kitty" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "kitty" come from?
"kitty" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "kitty", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

inner#17,331hello#17,324Genua#17,302Omega#17,379

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

push6 variantsehrt6 variantsSteg6 variantsbrain6 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list