Kline
[ˈkliːnə]
The verdict
“Kline” is uncommon German (frequency #75,863 among 55,078 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,863
- frequency rank, German
- 55,078
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - eine im antiken Griechenland ursprünglich nur zum Ruhen verwendete Liege, die ab dem 7. Jahrhundert vor Christus auch zum Speisen verwendet wurde
Corpus desk
Index DE-kline · Kline · German
Kline · rank #75,863 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,863
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 55,078
- PHOTO-FINISH klemmte
Nearest frequency peer: klemmte (-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 “Kline”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Kleinanzeige
Kleinanzeige
24,142 corpus weight
- Kleingewerbe
Kleingewerbe
24,141 corpus weight
- klemmte
klemmte
24,139 corpus weight
- Kline
Kline
24,138 corpus weight
- Klingonen
Klingonen
24,137 corpus weight
- knorke
knorke
24,136 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Kline” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kline |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkliːnə] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #75,863 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Kline” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Kline is uncommon German at frequency #75,863 among 55,078 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkliːnə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine im antiken Griechenland ursprünglich nur zum Ruhen verwendete Liege, die ab dem 7. Jahrhundert vor Christus auch zum Speisen verwendet wurde".
Kline has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology 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 Kline, spelled K-L-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1eine im antiken Griechenland ursprünglich nur zum Ruhen verwendete Liege, die ab dem 7. Jahrhundert vor Christus auch zum Speisen verwendet wurde
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
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 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.