Kleid
[klaɪ̯t]
The verdict
“Kleid” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #3,977. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #3,977
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 18
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - einteiliges Oberbekleidungsstück für weibliche Personen
Corpus desk
Index DE-kleid · Kleid · German
Kleid · rank #3,977 · 7 variants · 18 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #3,977
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 18 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH Kim
Nearest frequency peer: Kim (-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 “Kleid”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Jenseits
Jenseits
96,027 corpus weight
- Kabel
Kabel
96,026 corpus weight
- Kim
Kim
96,025 corpus weight
- Kleid
Kleid
96,024 corpus weight
- Küste
Küste
96,023 corpus weight
- Landtag
Landtag
96,022 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Kleid” 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 | Kleid |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [klaɪ̯t] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #3,977 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 18 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Kleid” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around Kleid (IPA [klaɪ̯t]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,977 among 4,158 “K” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Kleid, with forms such as "kelid", "kkleid", and "kledi". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 18 confusable-pair relationships, "Kreis", "klein", "Kleve", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Kleid, spelled K-L-E-I-D.
Definition
- 1einteiliges Oberbekleidungsstück für weibliche Personen
- 2menschliche Bekleidung; der Singular kommt noch in Zusammensetzungen vor, zum Beispiel Amtskleid
- 3Gefieder oder Fell
- 4Uniform
- 5zum Beispiel für das Laub der Bäume
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Kleid appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Um bei der Oscarverleihung Aufmerksamkeit zu erregen, müssen die Schauspielerinnen sehr aufwändig geschneiderte Kleider tragen.
„Es war die Zeit, als sich die Jugend an der Universität noch siezte, als Studenten Anzüge und Krawatten trugen und ihre Kommilitoninnen Kleider mit weißen Kragen oder Perlenketten.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- kelid
- kkleid
- kledi
- kleidd
- klied
- klleid
- lkeid
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Kleid - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Kleid", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "Kleid". Here's where to go from here.
- "Kleid" maps to 18 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "Kreis". View pair
- 7 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #3,977 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "K" letter cohort. K–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.