krankhaft
[ˈkʁaŋkhaft]
The verdict
“krankhaft” has 15 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #38,236. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #38,236
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - durch eine Krankheit hervorgerufen
Corpus desk
Index DE-krankhaft · krankhaft · German
krankhaft · rank #38,236 · 15 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #38,236
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH kraftvolle
Nearest frequency peer: kraftvolle (-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 „krankhaft“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- kooperativen
kooperativen
61,769 corpus weight
- Kraftfahrer
Kraftfahrer
61,767 corpus weight
- kraftvolle
kraftvolle
61,766 corpus weight
- krankhaft
krankhaft
61,765 corpus weight
- Kreisverban…
Kreisverbandes
61,764 corpus weight
- Kundinnen
Kundinnen
61,762 corpus weight
What this shows „krankhaft“ 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 | krankhaft |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈkʁaŋkhaft] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #38,236 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „krankhaft“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around krankhaft (IPA [ˈkʁaŋkhaft]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #38,236 among 4,158 “K” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for krankhaft, with forms such as "karnkhaft", "kkrankhaft", and "kraknhaft". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Krankheit", "krankhafte", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is krankhaft, spelled K-R-A-N-K-H-A-F-T.
Definition
- 1durch eine Krankheit hervorgerufen
- 2sich wie eine Krankheit äußernd, von der Normalität abweichend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how krankhaft appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bei der Untersuchung achtet der Arzt auf krankhafte Veränderungen am Gewebe.
Sein Verhalten nahm krankhafte Züge an.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- karnkhaft
- kkrankhaft
- kraknhaft
- kranhkaft
- krankahft
- krankhafft
- krankhaftt
- krankhatf
- krankhfat
- krankhhaft
- krankkhaft
- krannkhaft
- krnakhaft
- krrankhaft
- rkankhaft
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of krankhaft - 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 "krankhaft", 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).