kletterten

[ˈklɛtɐtn̩]

/[ˈklɛtɐtn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“kletterten” is uncommon German (frequency #52,997 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#52,997
frequency rank, German
4,158
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs klettern

Corpus desk

Index DE-kletterten · kletterten · German

kletterten · rank #52,997 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #52,997
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,158
  • PHOTO-FINISH Kleidungsstüc…

Nearest frequency peer: Kleidungsstücken (-3 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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „kletterten“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „kletterten“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for kletterten
PropertyValue
Headwordkletterten
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈklɛtɐtn̩]
Letters10
Frequency rank#52,997
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „kletterten“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).klettertenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Kleidungsstücken“ (#52,994), „knife“ (#53,000), „Klavierspiel“ (#52,993). Unter 4,158 „K“-Lemmata liegt „kletterten“ bei #52,997. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

kletterten is uncommon German at frequency #52,997 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈklɛtɐtn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for kletterten, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 kletterten, spelled K-L-E-T-T-E-R-T-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs klettern
  2. 2
    3. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs klettern
  3. 3
    1. Person Plural Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs klettern
  4. 4
    3. Person Plural Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs klettern

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "kletterten"?
"kletterten" is spelled K-L-E-T-T-E-R-T-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈklɛtɐtn̩].
What does "kletterten" mean?
As a verb, "kletterten" means: 1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs klettern
How do you pronounce "kletterten"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "kletterten" is [ˈklɛtɐtn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "kletterten" come from?
"kletterten" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "kletterten", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list