Körperteil
[ˈkœʁpɐˌtaɪ̯l]
The verdict
“Körperteil” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #38,243 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #38,243
- frequency rank, German
- 10
- letters
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (morphologisch und funktionell abgegrenzter) Teil eines (tierlichen oder menschlichen) Körpers
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 | Körperteil |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkœʁpɐˌtaɪ̯l] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #38,243 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Körperteil” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Körperteil is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈkœʁpɐˌtaɪ̯l]. Corpus data places it at rank #38,243 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "(morphologisch und funktionell abgegrenzter) Teil eines (tierlichen oder menschlichen) Körpers".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for Körperteil, with forms such as "kkörperteil", "kröperteil", and "köprerteil". 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, "Körperteile", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Körperteil, spelled K-Ö-R-P-E-R-T-E-I-L.
Definition
- 1(morphologisch und funktionell abgegrenzter) Teil eines (tierlichen oder menschlichen) Körpers
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: kkörperteil,kröperteil,köprerteil,köreprteil,körperetil,körperrteil,körperteill,körperteli,körpertiel,körpertteil,körpetreil,körpperteil,körpreteil,körrperteil,ökrperteil
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Körperteil - 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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Using “Körperteil”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is K-Ö-R-P-E-R-T-E-I-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈkœʁpɐˌtaɪ̯l] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Körperteile” - see the side-by-side comparison. Körperteil vs Körperteile
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.