Knospe
[ˈknɔspə]
The verdict
“Knospe” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #48,274. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #48,274
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein neuer Trieb, aus dem sich Blätter oder Blüten entwickeln
Corpus desk
Index DE-knospe · Knospe · German
Knospe · rank #48,274 · 9 variants · 9 confusables
- FREQ-MID #48,274
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH Knirps
Nearest frequency peer: Knirps (-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 „Knospe“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Kleinschrei…
Kleinschreibung
51,730 corpus weight
- kniff
kniff
51,729 corpus weight
- Knirps
Knirps
51,728 corpus weight
- Knospe
Knospe
51,727 corpus weight
- komplettier…
komplettieren
51,725 corpus weight
- komplexeren
komplexeren
51,724 corpus weight
What this shows „Knospe“ 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 | Knospe |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈknɔspə] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #48,274 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Knospe“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around Knospe (IPA [ˈknɔspə]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #48,274 among 4,158 “K” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Knospe, with forms such as "kknospe", "knnospe", and "knopse". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "koste", "Knospen", "Knopf", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Knospe, spelled K-N-O-S-P-E.
Definition
- 1ein neuer Trieb, aus dem sich Blätter oder Blüten entwickeln
- 2Körperteil des elterlichen Tieres, aus dem auf ungeschlechtlichem Weg, durch eine besondere Form der Teilung ein neues Individuum heranreift
- 3Brustwarze
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Knospe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
An der Spitze eines wachsenden Sprosses findet sich eine terminale Knospe mit einem Vegetationspunkt, der von Blattanlagen (oder Blütenanlagen) umschlossen ist.
„Ich legte sie auf ihr Bett, in Papier gewickelt, wie sie waren, und beobachtete, wie sie sie auspackte, die Knospen zurechtlegte, an dem Grün zupfte.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- kknospe
- knnospe
- knopse
- knosep
- knosppe
- knosspe
- knsope
- konspe
- nkospe
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Knospe - 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 "Knospe", 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).