Kontinuität

[ˌkɔntinuiˈtɛːt]

/[ˌkɔntinuiˈtɛːt]/ noun

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The verdict

“Kontinuität” has 16 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #14,107. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#14,107
frequency rank, German
4,158
“K” headwords
16
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ununterbrochene Fortdauer, ununterbrochener Zusammenhang

Corpus desk

Index DE-kontinuitat · Kontinuität · German

Kontinuität · rank #14,107 · 16 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #14,107
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,158
  • PHOTO-FINISH konkreter

Nearest frequency peer: konkreter (-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 „Kontinuität“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Kontinuität
PropertyValue
HeadwordKontinuität
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˌkɔntinuiˈtɛːt]
Letters11
Frequency rank#14,107
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Kontinuität“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Kontinuitätliegt 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: „konkreter“ (#14,106), „konventionellen“ (#14,108), „knüpfen“ (#14,105). Unter 4,158 „K“-Lemmata liegt „Kontinuität“ bei #14,107. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around Kontinuität (IPA [ˌkɔntinuiˈtɛːt]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,107 among 4,158 “K” headwords. Dominant gloss: "ununterbrochene Fortdauer, ununterbrochener Zusammenhang".

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for Kontinuität, with forms such as "kkontinuität", "knotinuität", and "konitnuität". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

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. The correct German form is Kontinuität, spelled K-O-N-T-I-N-U-I-T-Ä-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    ununterbrochene Fortdauer, ununterbrochener Zusammenhang

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Mit den sozialdemokratischen Ministerinnen Ulla Schmidt, Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul und Brigitte Zypries bleibt obendrein auch eine personelle Kontinuität zur Vorgängerregierung unter Bundeskanzler Gerhard Schröder gewahrt.“
  2. „Sein strukturell vereinheitlichtes Heer, die Kontinuität und die Ausschließlichkeit seines Oberkommandos und sein Informationsmonopol erlaubten ihm koordinierte und längerfristige Planungen sowie überhaupt rationalere Formen der Kriegsführung.“

Antonyms

Diskontinuität

This word in other languages

continuidad(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • kkontinuität
  • knotinuität
  • konitnuität
  • konntinuität
  • kontiniutät
  • kontinnuität
  • kontinuittä
  • kontinuittät
  • kontinuitätt
  • kontinuiätt
  • kontinutiät
  • kontiunität
  • kontniuität
  • konttinuität
  • kotninuität
  • okntinuität

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Kontinuität - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

kkontinuität1knotinuität2konitnuität2konntinuität1kontiniutät2kontinnuität1kontinuittä2kontinuittät1
Edit distance from "Kontinuität"

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 "Kontinuität"?
"Kontinuität" is spelled K-O-N-T-I-N-U-I-T-Ä-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˌkɔntinuiˈtɛːt].
What does "Kontinuität" mean?
As a noun, "Kontinuität" means: ununterbrochene Fortdauer, ununterbrochener Zusammenhang
What are common misspellings of "Kontinuität"?
Common misspellings include "kkontinuität", "knotinuität", "konitnuität", "konntinuität", "kontiniutät". The correct spelling is "Kontinuität".
How do you pronounce "Kontinuität"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Kontinuität" is [ˌkɔntinuiˈtɛːt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Kontinuität" come from?
"Kontinuität" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

glaubwürdig#14,084Offenbarung#14,140orientierte#14,144Finanzkrise#14,063

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

Kraftwerke16 variantsGreifswald16 variantsgedruckten16 variantseinzuhalten16 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list