Kleides
[ˈklaɪ̯dəs]
The verdict
“Kleides” is uncommon German (frequency #66,389 among 55,078 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,389
- frequency rank, German
- 55,078
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Kleid
Corpus desk
Index DE-kleides · Kleides · German
Kleides · rank #66,389 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,389
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 55,078
- PHOTO-FINISH klassizistisc…
Nearest frequency peer: klassizistischen (-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 “Kleides”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- KIP
KIP
33,615 corpus weight
- Kirn
Kirn
33,614 corpus weight
- klassizisti…
klassizistischen
33,613 corpus weight
- Kleides
Kleides
33,612 corpus weight
- Klosterhof
Klosterhof
33,610 corpus weight
- knackiger
knackiger
33,609 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Kleides” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kleides |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈklaɪ̯dəs] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #66,389 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Kleides” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Kleides is uncommon German at frequency #66,389 among 55,078 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈklaɪ̯dəs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Kleid".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Kleides, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Kleides, spelled K-L-E-I-D-E-S.
Definition
- 1Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Kleid
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 "Kleides", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
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.