kotz
[kɔt͡s]
The verdict
“kotz” has 5 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #34,220. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #34,220
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs kotzen
Corpus desk
Index DE-kotz · kotz · German
kotz · rank #34,220 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #34,220
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH Korsett
Nearest frequency peer: Korsett (-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 „kotz“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Konkurrenzk…
Konkurrenzkampf
65,785 corpus weight
- Konzerts
Konzerts
65,784 corpus weight
- Kopfhörern
Kopfhörern
65,783 corpus weight
- Korsett
Korsett
65,782 corpus weight
- kotz
kotz
65,781 corpus weight
- Kreationen
Kreationen
65,779 corpus weight
What this shows „kotz“ 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 | kotz |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [kɔt͡s] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #34,220 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „kotz“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around kotz (IPA [kɔt͡s]), averb. Corpus frequency is #34,220 among 4,158 “K” headwords. Dominant gloss: "2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs kotzen".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for kotz, with forms such as "kkotz", "kotzz", and "kozt". 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, "KZ", "KT", "KTM", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is kotz, spelled K-O-T-Z.
Definition
- 12. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs kotzen
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- kkotz
- kotzz
- kozt
- ktoz
- oktz
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of kotz - 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 "kotz", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).