klafft

[klaft]

/[klaft]/ verb

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The verdict

“klafft” is uncommon German (frequency #52,208 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#52,208
frequency rank, German
4,158
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs klaffen

Corpus desk

Index DE-klafft · klafft · German

klafft · rank #52,208 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #52,208
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,158
  • PHOTO-FINISH kindlich

Nearest frequency peer: kindlich (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „klafft“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „klafft“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for klafft
PropertyValue
Headwordklafft
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[klaft]
Letters6
Frequency rank#52,208
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „klafft“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.klafftfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „kindlich“ (#52,207), „klarere“ (#52,209), „Kilowattstunden“ (#52,206). Unter 4,158 „K“-Lemmata liegt „klafft“ bei #52,208. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

klafft is uncommon German at frequency #52,208 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [klaft]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for klafft, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is klafft, spelled K-L-A-F-F-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs klaffen
  2. 2
    2. Person Plural Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs klaffen
  3. 3
    2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs klaffen

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 "klafft"?
"klafft" is spelled K-L-A-F-F-T. The IPA pronunciation is [klaft].
What does "klafft" mean?
As a verb, "klafft" means: 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs klaffen
How do you pronounce "klafft"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "klafft" is [klaft]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "klafft" come from?
"klafft" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Krücke#52,220innert#52,178hustet#52,167Homers#52,163

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list