Kleinigkeit
[ˈklaɪ̯nɪçkaɪ̯t]
The verdict
“Kleinigkeit” has 17 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #12,518. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #12,518
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
- 17
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - winzige oder unbedeutende Sache
Corpus desk
Index DE-kleinigkeit · Kleinigkeit · German
Kleinigkeit · rank #12,518 · 17 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #12,518
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 17 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH Kerze
Nearest frequency peer: Kerze (-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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Kleinigkeit“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Joker
Joker
87,486 corpus weight
- Judentum
Judentum
87,485 corpus weight
- Kerze
Kerze
87,484 corpus weight
- Kleinigkeit
Kleinigkeit
87,483 corpus weight
- klingeln
klingeln
87,482 corpus weight
- kommunistis…
kommunistische
87,481 corpus weight
What this shows „Kleinigkeit“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
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 | Kleinigkeit |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈklaɪ̯nɪçkaɪ̯t] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #12,518 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Kleinigkeit“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 17 spelling variants around Kleinigkeit (IPA [ˈklaɪ̯nɪçkaɪ̯t]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #12,518 among 4,158 “K” headwords. Dominant gloss: "winzige oder unbedeutende Sache".
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for Kleinigkeit, with forms such as "kelinigkeit", "kkleinigkeit", and "kleiingkeit". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Kleinigkeiten", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 Kleinigkeit, spelled K-L-E-I-N-I-G-K-E-I-T.
Definition
- 1winzige oder unbedeutende Sache
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Kleinigkeit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Um die Kleinigkeiten kümmern wir uns später.
„Und dieser feige Verräter spuckte sofort alles aus, was er wußte, ohne die geringste Kleinigkeit auszulassen.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- kelinigkeit
- kkleinigkeit
- kleiingkeit
- kleingikeit
- kleinigekit
- kleiniggkeit
- kleinigkeitt
- kleinigketi
- kleinigkiet
- kleinigkkeit
- kleinikgeit
- kleinnigkeit
- kleniigkeit
- klienigkeit
- klienigkiet
- klleinigkeit
- lkeinigkeit
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Kleinigkeit - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 "Kleinigkeit", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).