Knaben
[ˈknaːbn̩]
The verdict
“Knaben” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #17,051. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #17,051
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Plural des Substantivs Knabe
Corpus desk
Index DE-knaben · Knaben · German
Knaben · rank #17,051 · 9 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #17,051
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH katholischer
Nearest frequency peer: katholischer (-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 „Knaben“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- kanadische
kanadische
82,953 corpus weight
- Kaplan
Kaplan
82,952 corpus weight
- katholischer
katholischer
82,951 corpus weight
- Knaben
Knaben
82,950 corpus weight
- Kneipen
Kneipen
82,949 corpus weight
- konkretes
konkretes
82,948 corpus weight
What this shows „Knaben“ 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 | Knaben |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈknaːbn̩] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #17,051 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Knaben“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around Knaben (IPA [ˈknaːbn̩]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #17,051 among 4,158 “K” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Plural des Substantivs Knabe".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Knaben, with forms such as "kanben", "kknaben", and "knabben". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Knien", "Knoten", "Kragen", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Knaben, spelled K-N-A-B-E-N.
Definition
- 1Plural des Substantivs Knabe
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- kanben
- kknaben
- knabben
- knabenn
- knabne
- knaebn
- knbaen
- knnaben
- nkaben
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Knaben - 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 "Knaben", 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).