Klettersteig
[ˈklɛtɐˌʃtaɪ̯k]
The verdict
“Klettersteig” is uncommon German (frequency #53,826 among 55,078 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,826
- frequency rank, German
- 55,078
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - in Bergen über natürlichen Fels führender Pfad verschiedener Schwierigkeitsgrade, welcher mit Steighilfen (Leitern, Stahlseilen, Tritthilfen aus Eisenklammern) ausgerüstet ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-klettersteig · Klettersteig · German
Klettersteig · rank #53,826 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,826
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 55,078
- PHOTO-FINISH Kleiderordnung
Nearest frequency peer: Kleiderordnung (-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 “Klettersteig”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Klapse
Klapse
46,179 corpus weight
- klarzukommen
klarzukommen
46,178 corpus weight
- Kleiderordn…
Kleiderordnung
46,176 corpus weight
- Klettersteig
Klettersteig
46,175 corpus weight
- knack
knack
46,173 corpus weight
- knurrt
knurrt
46,172 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Klettersteig” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Klettersteig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈklɛtɐˌʃtaɪ̯k] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #53,826 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Klettersteig” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Klettersteig is uncommon German at frequency #53,826 among 55,078 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈklɛtɐˌʃtaɪ̯k]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "in Bergen über natürlichen Fels führender Pfad verschiedener Schwierigkeitsgrade, welcher mit Steighilfen (Leitern, Stahlseilen, Tritthilfen aus Eisenklammern) ausgerüstet ist".
No misspelling variants are generated for Klettersteig in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
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 Klettersteig, spelled K-L-E-T-T-E-R-S-T-E-I-G.
Definition
- 1in Bergen über natürlichen Fels führender Pfad verschiedener Schwierigkeitsgrade, welcher mit Steighilfen (Leitern, Stahlseilen, Tritthilfen aus Eisenklammern) ausgerüstet ist
This word in other languages
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 May 6, 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 "Klettersteig", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.