Kleinschreibung
[ˈklaɪ̯nˌʃʁaɪ̯bʊŋ]
The verdict
“Kleinschreibung” has 25 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #48,271. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #48,271
- frequency rank, German
- 55,078
- “K” headwords
- 25
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Verwendung von Kleinbuchstaben am Wortanfang
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kleinschreibung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈklaɪ̯nˌʃʁaɪ̯bʊŋ] |
| Letters | 15 |
| Frequency rank | #48,271 |
| Misspellings tracked | 25 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Kleinschreibung” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 25 spelling variants around Kleinschreibung (IPA [ˈklaɪ̯nˌʃʁaɪ̯bʊŋ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #48,271 among 55,078 “K” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Verwendung von Kleinbuchstaben am Wortanfang".
Our generated misspelling index lists 25 likely wrong-spelling variants for Kleinschreibung, with forms such as "kelinschreibung", "kkleinschreibung", and "kleincshreibung". 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. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Kleinschreibung, spelled K-L-E-I-N-S-C-H-R-E-I-B-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1Verwendung von Kleinbuchstaben am Wortanfang
Antonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- kelinschreibung
- kkleinschreibung
- kleincshreibung
- kleinnschreibung
- kleinscchreibung
- kleinscheribung
- kleinschhreibung
- kleinschrebiung
- kleinschreibbung
- kleinschreibnug
- kleinschreibugn
- kleinschreibungg
- kleinschreibunng
- kleinschreiubng
- kleinschriebung
- kleinschrreibung
- kleinscrheibung
- kleinshcreibung
- kleinsschreibung
- kleisnchreibung
- klenischreibung
- klienschreibung
- klienschriebung
- klleinschreibung
- lkeinschreibung
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Kleinschreibung - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “Kleinschreibung”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is K-L-E-I-N-S-C-H-R-E-I-B-U-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈklaɪ̯nˌʃʁaɪ̯bʊŋ] (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.