kontinuierlich
[kɔntinuˈʔiːɐ̯lɪç]
The verdict
“kontinuierlich” has 21 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #7,783. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,783
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
- 21
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - stetig, über einen langen Zeitraum fortlaufend
Corpus desk
Index DE-kontinuierlich · kontinuierlich · German
kontinuierlich · rank #7,783 · 21 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #7,783
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 21 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH Komponisten
Nearest frequency peer: Komponisten (-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 „kontinuierlich“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Ketten
Ketten
92,221 corpus weight
- Kissen
Kissen
92,220 corpus weight
- Komponisten
Komponisten
92,219 corpus weight
- kontinuierl…
kontinuierlich
92,218 corpus weight
- KZ
KZ
92,217 corpus weight
- Leber
Leber
92,216 corpus weight
What this shows „kontinuierlich“ 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 | kontinuierlich |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [kɔntinuˈʔiːɐ̯lɪç] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #7,783 |
| Misspellings tracked | 21 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „kontinuierlich“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 21 spelling variants around kontinuierlich (IPA [kɔntinuˈʔiːɐ̯lɪç]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #7,783 among 4,158 “K” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 21 likely wrong-spelling variants for kontinuierlich, with forms such as "kkontinuierlich", "knotinuierlich", and "konitnuierlich". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "kontinuierliche", "kontinuierlichen", "kontinuierlicher", 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is kontinuierlich, spelled K-O-N-T-I-N-U-I-E-R-L-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1stetig, über einen langen Zeitraum fortlaufend
- 2fortlaufend, eine Linie bildend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how kontinuierlich appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ein Sonderausschuss des Aufsichtsrats wird schon ab Februar kontinuierlich die Zusammenarbeit zwischen Porsche und dem VW-Konzern überwachen. (Internetbeleg)
„Seit den 1970er Jahren nimmt die Wahlbeteiligung in Westdeutschland kontinuierlich ab, auch Ostdeutschland folgt nun diesem Trend.“
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- kkontinuierlich
- knotinuierlich
- konitnuierlich
- konntinuierlich
- kontiniuerlich
- kontinnuierlich
- kontinueirlich
- kontinuielrich
- kontinuierilch
- kontinuierlcih
- kontinuierlicch
- kontinuierlichh
- kontinuierlihc
- kontinuierllich
- kontinuierrlich
- kontinuirelich
- kontiunierlich
- kontniuierlich
- konttinuierlich
- kotninuierlich
- okntinuierlich
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of kontinuierlich - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 "kontinuierlich", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (21 here; floor ≥5).