klonen
[ˈkloːnən]
The verdict
“klonen” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #40,034. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #40,034
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ungeschlechtlich fortpflanzen, zum Beispiel indem man Stecklinge oder Senker setzt
Corpus desk
Index DE-klonen · klonen · German
klonen · rank #40,034 · 9 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #40,034
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH kleidet
Nearest frequency peer: kleidet (-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 „klonen“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- klamm
klamm
59,970 corpus weight
- klarzumachen
klarzumachen
59,969 corpus weight
- kleidet
kleidet
59,968 corpus weight
- klonen
klonen
59,967 corpus weight
- kluges
kluges
59,966 corpus weight
- kollabiert
kollabiert
59,964 corpus weight
What this shows „klonen“ 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 | klonen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈkloːnən] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #40,034 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „klonen“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around klonen (IPA [ˈkloːnən]), averb. Corpus frequency is #40,034 among 4,158 “K” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for klonen, with forms such as "kklonen", "kllonen", and "klnoen". 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, "Krone", "Klose", "können", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
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 klonen, spelled K-L-O-N-E-N.
Definition
- 1ungeschlechtlich fortpflanzen, zum Beispiel indem man Stecklinge oder Senker setzt
- 2genetisch identische Kopien von Lebewesen und Pflanzen auf ungeschlechtlichem, synthetischem Weg herstellen
- 3Hard- und Software nachbilden, nachahmen oder kopieren
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how klonen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Viele Pflanzen können sich auch vegetativ vermehren, das heißt, man kann sie klonen, indem man Ableger einpflanzt.
Bevor man ganze Tiere klonen konnte, klonte man einzelne Zellen.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- kklonen
- kllonen
- klnoen
- kloenn
- klonenn
- klonne
- klonnen
- kolnen
- lkonen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of klonen - 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 "klonen", 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).