Kluft

[klʊft]

/[klʊft]/ noun

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The verdict

“Kluft” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #21,316. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#21,316
frequency rank, German
4,158
“K” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - tiefer Gesteinsriss, Spalt im Fels oder Erdboden

Corpus desk

Index DE-kluft · Kluft · German

Kluft · rank #21,316 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #21,316
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,158
  • PHOTO-FINISH Klopapier

Nearest frequency peer: Klopapier (-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 „Kluft“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „Kluft“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Kluft vs Kurt
60% similar
Kluft vs klug
40% similar
Kluft vs Kult
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Kluft
PropertyValue
HeadwordKluft
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[klʊft]
Letters5
Frequency rank#21,316
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Kluft“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Kluftliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Klopapier“ (#21,315), „KMU“ (#21,317), „Kirmes“ (#21,314). Unter 4,158 „K“-Lemmata liegt „Kluft“ bei #21,316. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around Kluft (IPA [klʊft]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #21,316 among 4,158 “K” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Kluft, with forms such as "kkluft", "klfut", and "klluft". 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, "Kurt", "klug", "Kult", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Kluft, spelled K-L-U-F-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    tiefer Gesteinsriss, Spalt im Fels oder Erdboden
  2. 2
    starker Gegensatz, der unüberwindbar scheint

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Kluft appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Es entstanden immer wieder neue, noch größere Klüfte, so dass der Abbruch nur logisch war.[…]Oberhalb der langen Spalte in der Wand wird es ruhig bleiben. Die Kluft in der Spalte wirkte wie ein Messerschnitt, der den kompakten vom instabilen Fels abgetrennt hat.“
  2. „Aber es war mir ein großer Trost, daß es eine Kluft in der Bergkette im Westen gab, dort, wo sie am niedrigsten war, und durch jene Spalte strömte unser Fluß hinunter zum Meer.“

This word in other languages

cleft(English)abertura(Español)décrochement(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • kkluft
  • klfut
  • klluft
  • klufft
  • kluftt
  • klutf
  • kulft
  • lkuft

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Kluft - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

kkluft1klfut2klluft1klufft1kluftt1klutf2kulft2lkuft2
Edit distance from "Kluft"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Kluft"?
"Kluft" is spelled K-L-U-F-T. The IPA pronunciation is [klʊft].
What does "Kluft" mean?
As a noun, "Kluft" means: tiefer Gesteinsriss, Spalt im Fels oder Erdboden
What words are commonly confused with "Kluft"?
"Kluft" is commonly confused with "Kurt", "klug", "Kult". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Kluft"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Kluft" is [klʊft]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Kluft" come from?
"Kluft" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Kluft", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

nasser8 variantsPercy8 variantsEtikett8 variantsEthnie8 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list