Klingel
[ˈklɪŋl̩]
The verdict
“Klingel” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #20,975. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #20,975
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 14
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gerät zum Klingeln
Corpus desk
Index DE-klingel · Klingel · German
Klingel · rank #20,975 · 11 variants · 14 confusables
- FREQ-MID #20,975
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH kingdom
Nearest frequency peer: kingdom (-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 „Klingel“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- kaputten
kaputten
79,029 corpus weight
- ke
ke
79,028 corpus weight
- kingdom
kingdom
79,027 corpus weight
- Klingel
Klingel
79,026 corpus weight
- Klotz
Klotz
79,025 corpus weight
- Knut
Knut
79,024 corpus weight
What this shows „Klingel“ 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 | Klingel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈklɪŋl̩] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #20,975 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 14 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Klingel“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around Klingel (IPA [ˈklɪŋl̩]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #20,975 among 4,158 “K” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Klingel, with forms such as "kilngel", "kklingel", and "klignel". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 14 confusable-pair relationships, "klingt", "Klinke", "klingen", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 Klingel, spelled K-L-I-N-G-E-L.
Definition
- 1Gerät zum Klingeln
- 2kleiner Metallkelch mit einem Klöppel
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Klingel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Klingel des Hauses ist defekt.
„Jugendliche, gefolgt von einem Schwarm kleiner Jungen, vertrieben sich die Zeit, indem sie auf uralten Rädern im Zick-Zack durch die Straßen pendelten und dabei weniger die Pedale als die Klingel benutzten.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- kilngel
- kklingel
- klignel
- klinegl
- klingell
- klinggel
- klingle
- klinngel
- kllingel
- klnigel
- lkingel
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Klingel - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 "Klingel", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).