Kleinarbeit
[ˈklaɪ̯nʔaʁˌbaɪ̯t]
The verdict
“Kleinarbeit” is uncommon German (frequency #69,419 among 55,078 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,419
- frequency rank, German
- 55,078
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Arbeit, bei der man nur langsam und mühevoll Schritt für Schritt vorankommt
Corpus desk
Index DE-kleinarbeit · Kleinarbeit · German
Kleinarbeit · rank #69,419 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,419
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 55,078
- PHOTO-FINISH Klavierspielen
Nearest frequency peer: Klavierspielen (-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 “Kleinarbeit”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Kirchenlied
Kirchenlied
30,585 corpus weight
- Klavierspie…
Klavierspielen
30,583 corpus weight
- Kleinarbeit
Kleinarbeit
30,582 corpus weight
- Klettergerü…
Klettergerüst
30,581 corpus weight
- Klimakonfer…
Klimakonferenz
30,580 corpus weight
- Kniefall
Kniefall
30,579 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Kleinarbeit” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kleinarbeit |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈklaɪ̯nʔaʁˌbaɪ̯t] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #69,419 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Kleinarbeit” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Kleinarbeit is uncommon German at frequency #69,419 among 55,078 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈklaɪ̯nʔaʁˌbaɪ̯t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Arbeit, bei der man nur langsam und mühevoll Schritt für Schritt vorankommt".
Kleinarbeit doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Kleinarbeit, spelled K-L-E-I-N-A-R-B-E-I-T.
Definition
- 1Arbeit, bei der man nur langsam und mühevoll Schritt für Schritt vorankommt
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 "Kleinarbeit", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 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.