Klammen
[ˈklamən]
The verdict
“Klammen” is uncommon German (frequency #97,237 among 55,078 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,237
- frequency rank, German
- 55,078
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Klamm
Corpus desk
Index DE-klammen · Klammen · German
Klammen · rank #97,237 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,237
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 55,078
- PHOTO-FINISH klobig
Nearest frequency peer: klobig (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Klammen”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- kilometerla…
kilometerlange
2,768 corpus weight
- Kimme
Kimme
2,767 corpus weight
- kinks
kinks
2,766 corpus weight
- Klammen
Klammen
2,764 corpus weight
- klobig
klobig
2,763 corpus weight
- knallroten
knallroten
2,762 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Klammen” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Klammen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈklamən] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #97,237 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Klammen” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Klammen is uncommon German at frequency #97,237 among 55,078 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈklamən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Klammen, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Klammen, spelled K-L-A-M-M-E-N.
Definition
- 1Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Klamm
- 2Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Klamm
- 3Dativ Plural des Substantivs Klamm
- 4Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Klamm
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.