Korken
[ˈkɔʁkn̩]
The verdict
“Korken” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #38,859. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #38,859
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Verschluss einer Flasche, der oftmals aus der Rinde der Korkeiche hergestellt ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-korken · Korken · German
Korken · rank #38,859 · 9 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #38,859
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH Konvergenz
Nearest frequency peer: Konvergenz (-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 „Korken“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- kontaktiere
kontaktiere
61,144 corpus weight
- Konvergenz
Konvergenz
61,143 corpus weight
- Korken
Korken
61,142 corpus weight
- kostengünst…
kostengünstiger
61,141 corpus weight
- Kostprobe
Kostprobe
61,140 corpus weight
- Kotflügel
Kotflügel
61,139 corpus weight
What this shows „Korken“ 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 | Korken |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkɔʁkn̩] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #38,859 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Korken“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around Korken (IPA [ˈkɔʁkn̩]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #38,859 among 4,158 “K” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Verschluss einer Flasche, der oftmals aus der Rinde der Korkeiche hergestellt ist".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Korken, with forms such as "kkorken", "kokren", and "korekn". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Korn", "Küken", "kosten", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Korken, spelled K-O-R-K-E-N.
Definition
- 1Verschluss einer Flasche, der oftmals aus der Rinde der Korkeiche hergestellt ist
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Korken appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bessere Weine kommen in Flaschen und die werden mit einem Korken verschlossen.
„Meukoff roch an dem Korken.“
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- kkorken
- kokren
- korekn
- korkenn
- korkken
- korkne
- korrken
- kroken
- okrken
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Korken - 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.
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 "Korken", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).