Kleingarten
[ˈklaɪ̯nˌɡaʁtn̩]
The verdict
“Kleingarten” is uncommon German (frequency #73,693 among 55,078 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,693
- frequency rank, German
- 55,078
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - vergleichsweise kleiner Garten, der nicht direkt bei der Wohnung/dem Haus liegt
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kleingarten |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈklaɪ̯nˌɡaʁtn̩] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #73,693 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Kleingarten” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Kleingarten is uncommon German at frequency #73,693 among 55,078 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈklaɪ̯nˌɡaʁtn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "vergleichsweise kleiner Garten, der nicht direkt bei der Wohnung/dem Haus liegt".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Kleingarten, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Kleingarten, spelled K-L-E-I-N-G-A-R-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1vergleichsweise kleiner Garten, der nicht direkt bei der Wohnung/dem Haus liegt
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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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Using “Kleingarten”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is K-L-E-I-N-G-A-R-T-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈklaɪ̯nˌɡaʁtn̩] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.