Klippe
[ˈklɪpə]
The verdict
“Klippe” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #26,481. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #26,481
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - großer, aus dem Meer ragender oder auf Höhe der Wasseroberfläche liegender Felsblock in Küstennähe
Corpus desk
Index DE-klippe · Klippe · German
Klippe · rank #26,481 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #26,481
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH Klinke
Nearest frequency peer: Klinke (-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 „Klippe“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Kleidungsst…
Kleidungsstück
73,523 corpus weight
- Klerus
Klerus
73,522 corpus weight
- Klinke
Klinke
73,521 corpus weight
- Klippe
Klippe
73,520 corpus weight
- kom
kom
73,519 corpus weight
- Kommunalpol…
Kommunalpolitik
73,518 corpus weight
What this shows „Klippe“ 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 | Klippe |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈklɪpə] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #26,481 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Klippe“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around Klippe (IPA [ˈklɪpə]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #26,481 among 4,158 “K” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Klippe, with forms such as "kilppe", "kklippe", and "klipe". 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, "klopp", "Kuppe", "Knappe", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Klippe, spelled K-L-I-P-P-E.
Definition
- 1großer, aus dem Meer ragender oder auf Höhe der Wasseroberfläche liegender Felsblock in Küstennähe
- 2durch Erosion isolierter Rest einer tektonischen Decke
- 3etwas, was die Verwirklichung eines Vorhabens, das Erreichen eines Ziels oder dergleichen be- oder verhindert und nicht unmittelbar zu bewältigen ist
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Klippe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Auf der hohen See mag sich kein Wellchen regen, aber das Wasser zwischen den sichtbaren und unsichtbaren Klippen hier geht immer stürzend hoch.“
„Kurz darauf kämpften sich einige erschöpfte junge Afrikaner ans rettende Ufer. Als sie sprechen konnten, berichteten sie, ihr Boot sei etwa 100 Meter vor der Küste auf einer Klippe gestrandet.“
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- kilppe
- kklippe
- klipe
- klipep
- kllippe
- klpipe
- lkippe
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Klippe - 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 "Klippe", 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 (7 here; floor ≥5).