konkret

[kɔnˈkʁeːt]

/[kɔnˈkʁeːt]/ adj

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The verdict

“konkret” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #4,215. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,215
frequency rank, German
4,158
“K” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sinnlich erfahrbar, anschaulich; wirklich; gegenständlich

Corpus desk

Index DE-konkret · konkret · German

konkret · rank #4,215 · 11 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,215
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,158
  • PHOTO-FINISH Klassiker

Nearest frequency peer: Klassiker (-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 „konkret“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „konkret“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

konkret vs konntet
71% similar
konkret vs konkrete
88% similar
konkret vs konkreten
78% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for konkret
PropertyValue
Headwordkonkret
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[kɔnˈkʁeːt]
Letters7
Frequency rank#4,215
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „konkret“

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).konkretliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Klassiker“ (#4,214), „kritische“ (#4,216), „Leo“ (#4,217). Unter 4,158 „K“-Lemmata liegt „konkret“ bei #4,215. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around konkret (IPA [kɔnˈkʁeːt]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #4,215 among 4,158 “K” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for konkret, with forms such as "kkonkret", "knokret", and "koknret". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "konntet", "konkrete", "konkreten", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

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 konkret, spelled K-O-N-K-R-E-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    sinnlich erfahrbar, anschaulich; wirklich; gegenständlich
  2. 2
    deutlich formuliert, sachlich, bestimmt, genau

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how konkret appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Kannst du das an einem konkreten Beispiel zeigen?
  2. Richard hat seine Idee nur vage umschrieben. Eine konkrete Erklärung hat er uns nicht gegeben.

Antonyms

abstraktvage

This word in other languages

concrete(English)concreto(Español)concret(Français)concreto(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • kkonkret
  • knokret
  • koknret
  • konkert
  • konkkret
  • konkrett
  • konkrret
  • konkrte
  • konnkret
  • konrket
  • oknkret

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of konkret - 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.

kkonkret1knokret2koknret2konkert2konkkret1konkrett1konkrret1konkrte2
Edit distance from "konkret"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "konkret"?
"konkret" is spelled K-O-N-K-R-E-T. The IPA pronunciation is [kɔnˈkʁeːt].
What does "konkret" mean?
As an adjective, "konkret" means: sinnlich erfahrbar, anschaulich; wirklich; gegenständlich
What words are commonly confused with "konkret"?
"konkret" is commonly confused with "konntet", "konkrete", "konkreten". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "konkret"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "konkret" is [kɔnˈkʁeːt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "konkret" come from?
"konkret" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "konkret", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Meldung#4,219Muslime#4,221geschah#4,203gefasst#4,199

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

nebenbei11 variantsgenossen11 variantsspreche11 variantserzielen11 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list