kleben
[ˈkleːbn̩]
The verdict
“kleben” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #10,312. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,312
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 19
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - zwei Gegenstände mit einem Hilfsstoff (Klebstoff) zum dauernden Aneinanderhaften bringen
Corpus desk
Index DE-kleben · kleben · German
kleben · rank #10,312 · 9 variants · 19 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,312
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 19 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH jähriges
Nearest frequency peer: jähriges (-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 „kleben“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Investor
Investor
89,692 corpus weight
- Judith
Judith
89,691 corpus weight
- jähriges
jähriges
89,690 corpus weight
- kleben
kleben
89,689 corpus weight
- klingelt
klingelt
89,688 corpus weight
- Komposition
Komposition
89,687 corpus weight
What this shows „kleben“ 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 | kleben |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈkleːbn̩] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #10,312 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 19 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „kleben“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around kleben (IPA [ˈkleːbn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #10,312 among 4,158 “K” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for kleben, with forms such as "kelben", "kkleben", and "klbeen". 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 19 confusable-pair relationships, "Klee", "klein", "klebt", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is kleben, spelled K-L-E-B-E-N.
Definition
- 1zwei Gegenstände mit einem Hilfsstoff (Klebstoff) zum dauernden Aneinanderhaften bringen
- 2dauernd an etwas haften
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how kleben appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich klebe jetzt das Foto in das Album.
Die Briefmarke klebt auf dem Briefumschlag.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- kelben
- kkleben
- klbeen
- klebben
- klebenn
- klebne
- kleebn
- klleben
- lkeben
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of kleben - 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.
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 "kleben", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).