knowledge

/[ˈnɒlɪdʒ]/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#26,933

in German word usage

Misspellings

14

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

knowledge is aGermannoun. It means: Verständnis oder Fakten aus Erfahrung oder Bildung Pronounced [ˈnɒlɪdʒ].

Key facts for knowledge
PropertyValue
Headwordknowledge
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈnɒlɪdʒ]
Letters9
Frequency rank#26,933
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for knowledge is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈnɒlɪdʒ]. Corpus data places it at rank #26,933 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 14 documented wrong-spelling variants for knowledge, with forms such as "kknowledge", "knnowledge", and "knolwedge". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 knowledge, spelled K-N-O-W-L-E-D-G-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Verständnis oder Fakten aus Erfahrung oder Bildung
  2. 2
    sexuelle Interaktion

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: kknowledge,knnowledge,knolwedge,knoweldge,knowldege,knowleddge,knowledeg,knowledgge,knowlegde,knowlledge,knowwledge,knwoledge,konwledge,nkowledge

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for knowledge

Misspelling Variants of "knowledge"

kknowledge10knnowledge10knolwedge9knoweldge9knowldege9knowleddge10knowledeg9knowledgge10
Misspelling Variants of "knowledge"

Frequency rank: #26,933 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "knowledge"?
"knowledge" is spelled K-N-O-W-L-E-D-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈnɒlɪdʒ].
What does "knowledge" mean?
As a noun, "knowledge" means: Verständnis oder Fakten aus Erfahrung oder Bildung
What are common misspellings of "knowledge"?
Common misspellings include "kknowledge", "knnowledge", "knolwedge", "knoweldge", "knowldege". The correct spelling is "knowledge".
How do you pronounce "knowledge"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "knowledge" is [ˈnɒlɪdʒ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "knowledge" come from?
"knowledge" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Other entries that begin with the letter K in our German index:

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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.