Klerus
[ˈkleːʁʊs]
The verdict
“Klerus” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #26,479. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #26,479
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die Gesamtheit der Geistlichen (Kleriker)
Corpus desk
Index DE-klerus · Klerus · German
Klerus · rank #26,479 · 9 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #26,479
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH Kleidungsstück
Nearest frequency peer: Kleidungsstück (-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 „Klerus“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- katastropha…
katastrophalen
73,525 corpus weight
- Klassenkampf
Klassenkampf
73,524 corpus weight
- Kleidungsst…
Kleidungsstück
73,523 corpus weight
- Klerus
Klerus
73,522 corpus weight
- Klinke
Klinke
73,521 corpus weight
- Klippe
Klippe
73,520 corpus weight
What this shows „Klerus“ 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 | Klerus |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkleːʁʊs] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #26,479 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Klerus“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around Klerus (IPA [ˈkleːʁʊs]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #26,479 among 4,158 “K” headwords. Dominant gloss: "die Gesamtheit der Geistlichen (Kleriker)".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Klerus, with forms such as "kelrus", "kklerus", and "klerrus". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Klaus", "Kerns", "klares", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Klerus, spelled K-L-E-R-U-S.
Definition
- 1die Gesamtheit der Geistlichen (Kleriker)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Klerus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Dies zeigt, daß im fünfzehnten und vielerorts schon im vierzehnten Jahrhundert die Beherrschung der Schrift keineswegs mehr auf den Klerus beschränkt, sondern im Bürgertum verbreitet war.“
„Am nächsten Tag mußte er ein Pontifikalamt zelebrieren, und dabei sah ich seinen gesamten Klerus und auch die Frauen und Männer, die seine Kirche füllten.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- kelrus
- kklerus
- klerrus
- klersu
- kleruss
- kleurs
- kllerus
- klreus
- lkerus
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Klerus - 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 "Klerus", 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 (9 here; floor ≥5).