klopfen
[ˈklɔp͡fn̩]
The verdict
“klopfen” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #12,745. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #12,745
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 17
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - durch periodische Bewegung ein rhythmisches Geräusch erzeugen
Corpus desk
Index DE-klopfen · klopfen · German
klopfen · rank #12,745 · 11 variants · 17 confusables
- FREQ-MID #12,745
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH klatschen
Nearest frequency peer: klatschen (-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 „klopfen“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Kenia
Kenia
87,259 corpus weight
- Klassenerha…
Klassenerhalt
87,258 corpus weight
- klatschen
klatschen
87,257 corpus weight
- klopfen
klopfen
87,256 corpus weight
- Komplikatio…
Komplikationen
87,255 corpus weight
- Kosmos
Kosmos
87,254 corpus weight
What this shows „klopfen“ 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 | klopfen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈklɔp͡fn̩] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #12,745 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 17 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „klopfen“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around klopfen (IPA [ˈklɔp͡fn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #12,745 among 4,158 “K” headwords. Dominant gloss: "durch periodische Bewegung ein rhythmisches Geräusch erzeugen".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for klopfen, with forms such as "kklopfen", "kllopfen", and "klofpen". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 17 confusable-pair relationships, "Köpfe", "köpfen", "Kopien", 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 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 klopfen, spelled K-L-O-P-F-E-N.
Definition
- 1durch periodische Bewegung ein rhythmisches Geräusch erzeugen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how klopfen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er klopfte an die Tür und flüsterte: »Indes sich vergnügt euer Kreis, Verrät dich die Griechin auf schmähliche Weis’.«
Ein halbwegs sicherer Umgang mit dem Hammer ist dabei Voraussetzung, denn wer keinen Nagel in die Wand klopfen kann, sollte das auch nicht an einem Pferdehuf versuchen.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- kklopfen
- kllopfen
- klofpen
- klopefn
- klopfenn
- klopffen
- klopfne
- kloppfen
- klpofen
- kolpfen
- lkopfen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of klopfen - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 "klopfen", 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).