kleine
[ˈklaɪ̯nə]
The verdict
“kleine” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #340. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #340
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs klein
Corpus desk
Index DE-kleine · kleine · German
kleine · rank #340 · 8 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #340
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH gesehen
Nearest frequency peer: gesehen (-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 “kleine”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Euro
Euro
99,663 corpus weight
- gesehen
gesehen
99,662 corpus weight
- kleine
kleine
99,661 corpus weight
- spielen
spielen
99,660 corpus weight
- weniger
weniger
99,659 corpus weight
- C
C
99,658 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “kleine” 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 | kleine |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈklaɪ̯nə] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #340 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “kleine” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around kleine (IPA [ˈklaɪ̯nə]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #340 among 4,158 “K” headwords. Wiktionary lists 11 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for kleine, with forms such as "keline", "kkleine", and "kleien". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Kleve", "kling", "klink", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is kleine, spelled K-L-E-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1Nominativ Singular Femininum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs klein
- 2Akkusativ Singular Femininum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs klein
- 3Nominativ Plural Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs klein
- 4Akkusativ Plural Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs klein
- 5Nominativ Singular Maskulinum Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs klein
- 6Nominativ Singular Femininum Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs klein
- 7Akkusativ Singular Femininum Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs klein
- 8Nominativ Singular Neutrum Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs klein
- 9Akkusativ Singular Neutrum Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs klein
- 10Nominativ Singular Femininum Positiv der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs klein
- 11Akkusativ Singular Femininum Positiv der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs klein
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- keline
- kkleine
- kleien
- kleinne
- klenie
- kliene
- klleine
- lkeine
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of kleine - 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.
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 September 2, 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 "kleine", 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 (8 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.