klopf
[klɔp͡f]
The verdict
“klopf” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #35,871. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #35,871
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 16
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs klopfen
Corpus desk
Index DE-klopf · klopf · German
klopf · rank #35,871 · 8 variants · 16 confusables
- FREQ-MID #35,871
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH Klient
Nearest frequency peer: Klient (-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 „klopf“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Kerlen
Kerlen
64,133 corpus weight
- Kiwi
Kiwi
64,132 corpus weight
- Klient
Klient
64,131 corpus weight
- klopf
klopf
64,130 corpus weight
- Klugheit
Klugheit
64,129 corpus weight
- Knotenpunkt
Knotenpunkt
64,128 corpus weight
What this shows „klopf“ 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 | klopf |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [klɔp͡f] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #35,871 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 16 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „klopf“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around klopf (IPA [klɔp͡f]), averb. Corpus frequency is #35,871 among 4,158 “K” headwords. Dominant gloss: "2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs klopfen".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for klopf, with forms such as "kklopf", "kllopf", and "klofp". 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 16 confusable-pair relationships, "Kopf", "Kopp", "Klos", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is klopf, spelled K-L-O-P-F.
Definition
- 12. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs klopfen
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- kklopf
- kllopf
- klofp
- klopff
- kloppf
- klpof
- kolpf
- lkopf
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of klopf - 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 "klopf", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).