kreativ
[ˌkʁeaˈtiːf]
The verdict
“kreativ” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #6,686. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #6,686
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Neues schaffend, beziehungsweise die Möglichkeit zu haben, Neues zu schaffen
Corpus desk
Index DE-kreativ · kreativ · German
kreativ · rank #6,686 · 10 variants · 6 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #6,686
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH Komplexe
Nearest frequency peer: Komplexe (-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 „kreativ“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Knoten
Knoten
93,318 corpus weight
- komische
komische
93,317 corpus weight
- Komplexe
Komplexe
93,316 corpus weight
- kreativ
kreativ
93,315 corpus weight
- kritisieren
kritisieren
93,314 corpus weight
- körperlich
körperlich
93,313 corpus weight
What this shows „kreativ“ 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 | kreativ |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˌkʁeaˈtiːf] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #6,686 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „kreativ“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around kreativ (IPA [ˌkʁeaˈtiːf]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #6,686 among 4,158 “K” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Neues schaffend, beziehungsweise die Möglichkeit zu haben, Neues zu schaffen".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for kreativ, with forms such as "kerativ", "kkreativ", and "kraetiv". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "Kreatur", "kreative", "kreativen", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is kreativ, spelled K-R-E-A-T-I-V.
Definition
- 1Neues schaffend, beziehungsweise die Möglichkeit zu haben, Neues zu schaffen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how kreativ appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Meist sind hochbegabte Kinder sehr kreativ.
„Was die kreativen Querdenker aber keinesfalls daran hinderte, ihr einmal durchdachtes Konzept in die Tat umzusetzen.“
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- kerativ
- kkreativ
- kraetiv
- kreaitv
- kreativv
- kreattiv
- kreatvi
- kretaiv
- krreativ
- rkeativ
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of kreativ - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 "kreativ", 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 (10 here; floor ≥5).