kostbar
[ˈkɔstbaːɐ̯]
The verdict
“kostbar” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #26,488. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #26,488
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas, das ideell oder real sehr wertvoll oder teuer ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-kostbar · kostbar · German
kostbar · rank #26,488 · 11 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #26,488
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH Koreanischen
Nearest frequency peer: Koreanischen (-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 „kostbar“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Konzentrati…
Konzentrationen
73,516 corpus weight
- Kopfschütte…
Kopfschütteln
73,515 corpus weight
- Koreanischen
Koreanischen
73,514 corpus weight
- kostbar
kostbar
73,513 corpus weight
- Kronprinz
Kronprinz
73,512 corpus weight
- krähen
krähen
73,511 corpus weight
What this shows „kostbar“ 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 | kostbar |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈkɔstbaːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #26,488 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „kostbar“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around kostbar (IPA [ˈkɔstbaːɐ̯]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #26,488 among 4,158 “K” headwords. Dominant gloss: "etwas, das ideell oder real sehr wertvoll oder teuer ist".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for kostbar, with forms such as "kkostbar", "kosbtar", and "kosstbar". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "kostbare", "kostbaren", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented 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 kostbar, spelled K-O-S-T-B-A-R.
Definition
- 1etwas, das ideell oder real sehr wertvoll oder teuer ist
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how kostbar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„So verzaubert präsent ist kein anderes Paar der Kunstgeschichte wie dieses, das seinen Ort im Namen trägt: Das Gothaer Liebespaar, entstanden um 1480, ist der kostbarste Kunstschatz des Schlossmuseums Gotha.“
„Als aber im Kriege die alten kostbaren Glasfenster aus den Kirchen entfernt, in Kisten verpackt und „luftschutzsicher“ geborgen wurden, ergriff der Deutsche Verein für Kunstwissenschaft die einzigartige Gelegenheit, diese unbekannten Kunstschätze ohne großen Kostenaufwand vollständig Scheibe für Scheibe in Lichtbildern festzuhalten.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- kkostbar
- kosbtar
- kosstbar
- kostabr
- kostbarr
- kostbbar
- kostbra
- kosttbar
- kotsbar
- ksotbar
- okstbar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of kostbar - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "kostbar", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).