Kopfschütteln
[ˈkɔp͡fˌʃʏtl̩n]
The verdict
“Kopfschütteln” has 20 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #26,486. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #26,486
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
- 20
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hin- und Herbewegung des Kopfes als Geste der Ablehnung/Verneinung
Corpus desk
Index DE-kopfschutteln · Kopfschütteln · German
Kopfschütteln · rank #26,486 · 20 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #26,486
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 20 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH Konzentration…
Nearest frequency peer: Konzentrationen (-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 „Kopfschütteln“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Kommunalpol…
Kommunalpolitik
73,518 corpus weight
- Konfessionen
Konfessionen
73,517 corpus weight
- Konzentrati…
Konzentrationen
73,516 corpus weight
- Kopfschütte…
Kopfschütteln
73,515 corpus weight
- Koreanischen
Koreanischen
73,514 corpus weight
- kostbar
kostbar
73,513 corpus weight
What this shows „Kopfschütteln“ 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 | Kopfschütteln |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkɔp͡fˌʃʏtl̩n] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #26,486 |
| Misspellings tracked | 20 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Kopfschütteln“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 20 spelling variants around Kopfschütteln (IPA [ˈkɔp͡fˌʃʏtl̩n]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #26,486 among 4,158 “K” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Hin- und Herbewegung des Kopfes als Geste der Ablehnung/Verneinung".
Our generated misspelling index lists 20 likely wrong-spelling variants for Kopfschütteln, with forms such as "kkopfschütteln", "kofpschütteln", and "kopfcshütteln". 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, "kopfschüttelnd", 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Kopfschütteln, spelled K-O-P-F-S-C-H-Ü-T-T-E-L-N.
Definition
- 1Hin- und Herbewegung des Kopfes als Geste der Ablehnung/Verneinung
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Kopfschütteln appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Worüber heute in Schlagzeilen und mit fassungslosem Kopfschütteln berichtet würde, das war in diesen Tagen fürchterliche Normalität.“
„Fabiola nippte an ihrem Weinglas und stellte es dann mit Kopfschütteln ab.“
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- kkopfschütteln
- kofpschütteln
- kopfcshütteln
- kopffschütteln
- kopfscchütteln
- kopfschhütteln
- kopfschtüteln
- kopfschüteln
- kopfschütetln
- kopfschüttelln
- kopfschüttelnn
- kopfschüttenl
- kopfschüttlen
- kopfscühtteln
- kopfshcütteln
- kopfsschütteln
- koppfschütteln
- kopsfchütteln
- kpofschütteln
- okpfschütteln
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Kopfschütteln - 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 "Kopfschütteln", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (20 here; floor ≥5).