Kölns
[kœlns]
The verdict
“Kölns” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #37,638. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #37,638
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 17
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Köln
Corpus desk
Index DE-kolns · Kölns · German
Kölns · rank #37,638 · 8 variants · 17 confusables
- FREQ-MID #37,638
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH königliches
Nearest frequency peer: königliches (+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 „Kölns“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Kronleuchter
Kronleuchter
62,368 corpus weight
- Kölns
Kölns
62,363 corpus weight
- königliches
königliches
62,362 corpus weight
- Küchenchef
Küchenchef
62,361 corpus weight
- kümmerten
kümmerten
62,360 corpus weight
- Labrador
Labrador
62,359 corpus weight
What this shows „Kölns“ 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 | Kölns |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kœlns] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #37,638 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 17 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Kölns“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around Kölns (IPA [kœlns]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #37,638 among 4,158 “K” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Köln".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Kölns, with forms such as "kkölns", "klöns", and "köllns". 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 17 confusable-pair relationships, "kos", "Korn", "könnt", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Kölns, spelled K-Ö-L-N-S.
Definition
- 1Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Köln
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- kkölns
- klöns
- köllns
- kölnns
- kölnss
- kölsn
- könls
- öklns
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Kölns - 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 "Kölns", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).