Konkurrenz
[ˌkɔnkʊˈʁɛnt͡s]
The verdict
“Konkurrenz” has 14 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #3,052. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #3,052
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die Situation, zu konkurrieren
Corpus desk
Index DE-konkurrenz · Konkurrenz · German
Konkurrenz · rank #3,052 · 14 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-COMMON #3,052
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH komplette
Nearest frequency peer: komplette (-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 „Konkurrenz“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- herzlich
herzlich
96,952 corpus weight
- Iran
Iran
96,951 corpus weight
- komplette
komplette
96,950 corpus weight
- Konkurrenz
Konkurrenz
96,949 corpus weight
- Kölner
Kölner
96,948 corpus weight
- Loch
Loch
96,947 corpus weight
What this shows „Konkurrenz“ 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 | Konkurrenz |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˌkɔnkʊˈʁɛnt͡s] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #3,052 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Konkurrenz“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around Konkurrenz (IPA [ˌkɔnkʊˈʁɛnt͡s]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,052 among 4,158 “K” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for Konkurrenz, with forms such as "kkonkurrenz", "knokurrenz", and "koknurrenz". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Konkurrent", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Konkurrenz, spelled K-O-N-K-U-R-R-E-N-Z.
Definition
- 1die Situation, zu konkurrieren
- 2die Mitbewerber, Konkurrenten
- 3ein Wettbewerb, zum Beispiel im Sport
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Konkurrenz appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Konkurrenz ist in diesem Geschäft besonders hart.
„Anstelle der bahnfreundlichen Generaldirektion Verkehr ist nun der Wettbewerbskommissar Joaquín Almunia zuständig - der endlich mehr Konkurrenz auf der Schiene durchsetzen will.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- kkonkurrenz
- knokurrenz
- koknurrenz
- konkkurrenz
- konkrurenz
- konkurenz
- konkurernz
- konkurrennz
- konkurrenzz
- konkurrezn
- konkurrnez
- konnkurrenz
- konukrrenz
- oknkurrenz
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Konkurrenz - 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 "Konkurrenz", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).