Kraftwerk
[ˈkʁaftˌvɛʁk]
The verdict
“Kraftwerk” has 15 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #10,512. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,512
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - technischer Betrieb, in dem elektrische Energie erzeugt wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-kraftwerk · Kraftwerk · German
Kraftwerk · rank #10,512 · 15 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,512
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH Konzerten
Nearest frequency peer: Konzerten (-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 „Kraftwerk“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Kommunismus
Kommunismus
89,492 corpus weight
- Komponist
Komponist
89,491 corpus weight
- Konzerten
Konzerten
89,490 corpus weight
- Kraftwerk
Kraftwerk
89,489 corpus weight
- Kunststoff
Kunststoff
89,488 corpus weight
- Leiterin
Leiterin
89,487 corpus weight
What this shows „Kraftwerk“ 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 | Kraftwerk |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkʁaftˌvɛʁk] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #10,512 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Kraftwerk“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around Kraftwerk (IPA [ˈkʁaftˌvɛʁk]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,512 among 4,158 “K” headwords. Dominant gloss: "technischer Betrieb, in dem elektrische Energie erzeugt wird".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for Kraftwerk, with forms such as "karftwerk", "kkraftwerk", and "krafftwerk". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Kraftwerke", "Kraftwerks", "Kraftwerken", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Kraftwerk, spelled K-R-A-F-T-W-E-R-K.
Definition
- 1technischer Betrieb, in dem elektrische Energie erzeugt wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Kraftwerk appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das Kraftwerk wird im Nennbetrieb 1,5 Megawatt Strom liefern. Es dient nach Darstellung des Deutschen Zentrums für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR) als Referenz für zukünftige kommerzielle Kraftwerke in Südeuropa und Nordafrika, die auch beim Wüstenstromprojekt Desertec eine tragende Rolle spielen.
Bei dem Unglück war Wasser eines nahe gelegenen Stausees in die Anlage eingedrungen. Daraufhin stürzten eine Mauer des Kraftwerks sowie Teile des Daches ein.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- karftwerk
- kkraftwerk
- krafftwerk
- kraftewrk
- krafttwerk
- kraftwekr
- kraftwerkk
- kraftwerrk
- kraftwrek
- kraftwwerk
- krafwterk
- kratfwerk
- krfatwerk
- krraftwerk
- rkaftwerk
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Kraftwerk - 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 "Kraftwerk", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).