Kletze
[ˈkleːt͡sə]
The verdict
“Kletze” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - getrocknete, gedörrte Birne, die für Backwerk wie Kuchen oder Brot (Kletzenbrot) verwendet wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-kletze · Kletze · German
Kletze · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "K" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kletze |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkleːt͡sə] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Kletze“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Kletze is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkleːt͡sə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "getrocknete, gedörrte Birne, die für Backwerk wie Kuchen oder Brot (Kletzenbrot) verwendet wird".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Kletze, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Kletze, spelled K-L-E-T-Z-E.
Definition
- 1getrocknete, gedörrte Birne, die für Backwerk wie Kuchen oder Brot (Kletzenbrot) verwendet wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Kletze appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Vor der Verwendung in der Küche weiche ich die Kletzen in Wasser ein.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.