Kloster

/[ˈkloːstɐ]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,899

in German word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

9

similar word pairs

Kloster is aGermannoun. It means: Gebäude und eventuell weitere Bauwerke, in denen Menschen (meist Mönche oder Nonnen) in einer auf die Ausübung ihres Glaubens konzentrierten Lebensweise abgeschieden zusammenleben Pronounced [ˈkloːstɐ]. It ranks #3,899 in German word frequency. Often confused with koste and Köter.

Key facts for Kloster
PropertyValue
HeadwordKloster
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈkloːstɐ]
Letters7
Frequency rank#3,899
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Kloster in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Kloster is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈkloːstɐ]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,899 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Gebäude und eventuell weitere Bauwerke, in denen Menschen (meist Mönche oder Nonnen) in einer auf die Ausübung ihres Glaubens konzentrierten Lebensweise abgeschieden zusammenleben".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for Kloster, with forms such as "kkloster", "klloster", and "klosetr". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "koste", "Köter", "kosten", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Kloster, spelled K-L-O-S-T-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Gebäude und eventuell weitere Bauwerke, in denen Menschen (meist Mönche oder Nonnen) in einer auf die Ausübung ihres Glaubens konzentrierten Lebensweise abgeschieden zusammenleben

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: kkloster,klloster,klosetr,klosster,klosterr,klostre,klostter,klotser,klsoter,kolster,lkoster

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Kloster

Misspelling Variants of "Kloster"

kkloster8klloster8klosetr7klosster8klosterr8klostre7klostter8klotser7
Misspelling Variants of "Kloster"

Frequency rank: #3,899 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Kloster"?
"Kloster" is spelled K-L-O-S-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkloːstɐ].
What does "Kloster" mean?
As a noun, "Kloster" means: Gebäude und eventuell weitere Bauwerke, in denen Menschen (meist Mönche oder Nonnen) in einer auf die Ausübung ihres Glaubens konzentrierten Lebensweise abgeschieden zusammenleben
What words are commonly confused with "Kloster"?
"Kloster" is commonly confused with "koste", "Köter", "kosten". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Kloster"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Kloster" is [ˈkloːstɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Kloster" come from?
"Kloster" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.