klappern
[ˈklapɐn]
The verdict
“klappern” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #39,470. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #39,470
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - wiederholt helle harte Geräusche durch Aneinanderschlagen fester Gegenstände von sich geben
Corpus desk
Index DE-klappern · klappern · German
klappern · rank #39,470 · 11 variants · 9 confusables
- FREQ-MID #39,470
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH kinderlos
Nearest frequency peer: kinderlos (-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 „klappern“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Kinde
Kinde
60,534 corpus weight
- Kinderklinik
Kinderklinik
60,533 corpus weight
- kinderlos
kinderlos
60,532 corpus weight
- klappern
klappern
60,531 corpus weight
- Klebstoff
Klebstoff
60,530 corpus weight
- klingst
klingst
60,529 corpus weight
What this shows „klappern“ 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 | klappern |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈklapɐn] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #39,470 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „klappern“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around klappern (IPA [ˈklapɐn]), averb. Corpus frequency is #39,470 among 4,158 “K” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for klappern, with forms such as "kalppern", "kklappern", and "klapeprn". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "knappen", "knapper", "Klippen", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is klappern, spelled K-L-A-P-P-E-R-N.
Definition
- 1wiederholt helle harte Geräusche durch Aneinanderschlagen fester Gegenstände von sich geben
- 2sich unter Abgabe von hellen harten Geräuschen bewegen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how klappern appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Ventile am Auto klappern.
Aus Angst klapperte er mit den Zähnen.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- kalppern
- kklappern
- klapeprn
- klapern
- klappenr
- klappernn
- klapperrn
- klappren
- kllappern
- klpapern
- lkappern
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of klappern - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 "klappern", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).