kostspielige

Name: kostspielige, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[ˈkɔstˌʃpiːlɪɡə]

/[ˈkɔstˌʃpiːlɪɡə]/ adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“kostspielige” has 18 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #43,303. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#43,303
frequency rank, German: 4,158
“K” headwords: 18
tracked misspellings: 1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kostspielig

Corpus desk

Index DE-kostspielige · kostspielige · German

kostspielige · rank #43,303 · 18 variants · 1 confusable

FREQ-MID #43,303
LEN-MEGA 12 letters
VOW-5 5 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
VAR-HIGH 18 variants
BOOK-MID 4,158
PHOTO-FINISH kostenfreien

Nearest frequency peer: kostenfreien (-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.

kosmetische

56,701
Kostbarkeit…

56,700
kostenfreien

56,699
kostspielige

56,698
Krabbe

56,697
Kriegers

56,696

What this shows „kostspielige“ 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).

kostspielige vs kostspielig

92% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for kostspielige
Property	Value
Headword	kostspielige
Language	German
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	[ˈkɔstˌʃpiːlɪɡə]
Letters	12
Frequency rank	#43,303
Misspellings tracked	18
Confusable pairs	1
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „kostspielige“

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).kostspieligeliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#43,303

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „kostenfreien“ (#43,302), „Krabbe“ (#43,304), „Kostbarkeiten“ (#43,301). Unter 4,158 „K“-Lemmata liegt „kostspielige“ bei #43,303. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 18 spelling variants around kostspielige (IPA [ˈkɔstˌʃpiːlɪɡə]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #43,303 among 4,158 “K” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for kostspielige, with forms such as "kkostspielige", "kosstpielige", and "kosstspielige". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "kostspielig", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is kostspielige, spelled K-O-S-T-S-P-I-E-L-I-G-E.

Definition

1
Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kostspielig
2
Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kostspielig
3
Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kostspielig
4
Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kostspielig
5
Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kostspielig
6
Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kostspielig
7
Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kostspielig
8
Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kostspielig
9
Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kostspielig

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

kkostspielige
kosstpielige
kosstspielige
kostpsielige
kostsipelige
kostspeilige
kostspieilge
kostspielgie
kostspielieg
kostspieligge
kostspiellige
kostspileige
kostsppielige
kostsspielige
kosttspielige
kotsspielige
ksotspielige
okstspielige

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

Edit distance from "kostspielige"

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 "kostspielige"?

"kostspielige" is spelled K-O-S-T-S-P-I-E-L-I-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkɔstˌʃpiːlɪɡə].

What does "kostspielige" mean?

As an adjective, "kostspielige" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kostspielig

What words are commonly confused with "kostspielige"?

"kostspielige" is commonly confused with "kostspielig". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "kostspielige"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "kostspielige" is [ˈkɔstˌʃpiːlɪɡə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "kostspielige" come from?

"kostspielige" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.

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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

kostenfreien#43,302 komfortabler#43,293 Kolonialzeit#43,292 Kollektionen#43,291

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (18 here; floor ≥5).

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