know
[nəʊ]
The verdict
“know” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #5,096. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #5,096
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - wissen
Corpus desk
Index DE-know · know · German
know · rank #5,096 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #5,096
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH kehrt
Nearest frequency peer: kehrt (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “know”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- irgendein
irgendein
94,908 corpus weight
- Kameras
Kameras
94,907 corpus weight
- kehrt
kehrt
94,906 corpus weight
- know
know
94,905 corpus weight
- Konstruktion
Konstruktion
94,904 corpus weight
- Kurse
Kurse
94,903 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “know” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | know |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [nəʊ] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #5,096 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “know” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around know (IPA [nəʊ]), averb. Corpus frequency is #5,096 among 4,158 “K” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for know, with forms such as "kknow", "knnow", and "knoww". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "KW", "ko", "kot", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is know, spelled K-N-O-W.
Definition
- 1wissen
- 2kennen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how know appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I don’t know why we are so poor.
"Do you know that Newspeak is the only language in the world whose vocabulary gets smaller every year?"
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- kknow
- knnow
- knoww
- knwo
- konw
- nkow
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of know - 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 "know", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "know". Here's where to go from here.
- "know" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "KW". View pair
- 6 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #5,096 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "K" letter cohort. K–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.