Klassenlehrer
[ˈklasn̩ˌleːʁɐ]
The verdict
“Klassenlehrer” has 20 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #45,388. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #45,388
- frequency rank, German
- 55,078
- “K” headwords
- 20
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Lehrer, der für eine ihm zugewiesene Schulklasse (meist über mehrere Jahre) verantwortlich ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-klassenlehrer · Klassenlehrer · German
Klassenlehrer · rank #45,388 · 20 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #45,388
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 20 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 55,078
- PHOTO-FINISH klagten
Nearest frequency peer: klagten (-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 “Klassenlehrer”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Kirchenrecht
Kirchenrecht
54,616 corpus weight
- klagten
klagten
54,614 corpus weight
- Klassenlehr…
Klassenlehrer
54,613 corpus weight
- Kleinmachnow
Kleinmachnow
54,612 corpus weight
- klärte
klärte
54,611 corpus weight
- Kochs
Kochs
54,610 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Klassenlehrer” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | Klassenlehrer |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈklasn̩ˌleːʁɐ] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #45,388 |
| Misspellings tracked | 20 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Klassenlehrer” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 20 spelling variants around Klassenlehrer (IPA [ˈklasn̩ˌleːʁɐ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #45,388 among 55,078 “K” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Lehrer, der für eine ihm zugewiesene Schulklasse (meist über mehrere Jahre) verantwortlich ist".
Our generated misspelling index lists 20 likely wrong-spelling variants for Klassenlehrer, with forms such as "kalssenlehrer", "kklassenlehrer", and "klasenlehrer". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Klassenlehrerin", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Klassenlehrer, spelled K-L-A-S-S-E-N-L-E-H-R-E-R.
Definition
- 1Lehrer, der für eine ihm zugewiesene Schulklasse (meist über mehrere Jahre) verantwortlich ist
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- kalssenlehrer
- kklassenlehrer
- klasenlehrer
- klasesnlehrer
- klasselnehrer
- klassenelhrer
- klassenleherr
- klassenlehhrer
- klassenlehrerr
- klassenlehrre
- klassenlehrrer
- klassenlerher
- klassenlherer
- klassenllehrer
- klassennlehrer
- klassnelehrer
- klaßenlehrer
- kllassenlehrer
- klsasenlehrer
- lkassenlehrer
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Klassenlehrer - 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.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Klassenlehrer", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (20 here; floor ≥5).
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.