Klinge
[ˈklɪŋə]
The verdict
“Klinge” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #10,678. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,678
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - flacher, geschärfter Teil diverser Werkzeuge (zum Beispiel Beil, Sichel, Sense) und Waffen (Messer, Dolch, Axt), welcher die Schneide enthält
Corpus desk
Index DE-klinge · Klinge · German
Klinge · rank #10,678 · 9 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,678
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH Kleinigkeiten
Nearest frequency peer: Kleinigkeiten (-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 „Klinge“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- jeher
jeher
89,326 corpus weight
- Kleinigkeit…
Kleinigkeiten
89,324 corpus weight
- Klinge
Klinge
89,323 corpus weight
- Komplexität
Komplexität
89,322 corpus weight
- Konsens
Konsens
89,321 corpus weight
- Koran
Koran
89,320 corpus weight
What this shows „Klinge“ 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 | Klinge |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈklɪŋə] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #10,678 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Klinge“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around Klinge (IPA [ˈklɪŋə]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,678 among 4,158 “K” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Klinge, with forms such as "kilnge", "kklinge", and "kligne". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Kluge", "klink", "klingt", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Klinge, spelled K-L-I-N-G-E.
Definition
- 1flacher, geschärfter Teil diverser Werkzeuge (zum Beispiel Beil, Sichel, Sense) und Waffen (Messer, Dolch, Axt), welcher die Schneide enthält
- 2Waffe, welche einen länglichen, flachen, geschärften Part besitzt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Klinge appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bei der Baumschere ist darauf zu achten, dass die Klinge aus gehärtetem Stahl ist und sich auch auswechseln lässt.
Während des Kampfes bei den Olympischen Sommerspielen 1980 in Moskau brach Behrs Klinge.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- kilnge
- kklinge
- kligne
- klineg
- klingge
- klinnge
- kllinge
- klnige
- lkinge
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Klinge - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "Klinge", 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).