Kriegsgefangenschaft
[ˈkʁiːksɡəˌfaŋənʃaft]
The verdict
“Kriegsgefangenschaft” has 33 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #43,306. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #43,306
- frequency rank, German
- 55,078
- “K” headwords
- 33
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Aufenthalt von Soldaten, die im Krieg in die Hände ihrer Feinde geraten sind und als Kriegsgefangene behandelt werden und eingesperrt sind
Corpus desk
Index DE-kriegsgefangenschaft · Kriegsgefangenschaft · German
Kriegsgefangenschaft · rank #43,306 · 33 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #43,306
- LEN-MEGA 20 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 33 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 55,078
- PHOTO-FINISH Kriegers
Nearest frequency peer: Kriegers (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Kriegsgefangenschaft”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- kostspielige
kostspielige
56,698 corpus weight
- Krabbe
Krabbe
56,697 corpus weight
- Kriegers
Kriegers
56,696 corpus weight
- Kriegsgefan…
Kriegsgefangenschaft
56,695 corpus weight
- Kriminalrom…
Kriminalroman
56,694 corpus weight
- Kroatisch
Kroatisch
56,693 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Kriegsgefangenschaft” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kriegsgefangenschaft |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkʁiːksɡəˌfaŋənʃaft] |
| Letters | 20 |
| Frequency rank | #43,306 |
| Misspellings tracked | 33 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Kriegsgefangenschaft” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 33 spelling variants around Kriegsgefangenschaft (IPA [ˈkʁiːksɡəˌfaŋənʃaft]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #43,306 among 55,078 “K” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Aufenthalt von Soldaten, die im Krieg in die Hände ihrer Feinde geraten sind und als Kriegsgefangene behandelt werden und eingesperrt sind".
Our generated misspelling index lists 33 likely wrong-spelling variants for Kriegsgefangenschaft, with forms such as "kiregsgefangenschaft", "kkriegsgefangenschaft", and "kreigsgefangenschaft". 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. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Kriegsgefangenschaft, spelled K-R-I-E-G-S-G-E-F-A-N-G-E-N-S-C-H-A-F-T.
Definition
- 1Aufenthalt von Soldaten, die im Krieg in die Hände ihrer Feinde geraten sind und als Kriegsgefangene behandelt werden und eingesperrt sind
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- kiregsgefangenschaft
- kkriegsgefangenschaft
- kreigsgefangenschaft
- krieggsefangenschaft
- krieggsgefangenschaft
- kriegsegfangenschaft
- kriegsgeafngenschaft
- kriegsgefagnenschaft
- kriegsgefanegnschaft
- kriegsgefangencshaft
- kriegsgefangennschaft
- kriegsgefangenscahft
- kriegsgefangenscchaft
- kriegsgefangenschafft
- kriegsgefangenschaftt
- kriegsgefangenschatf
- kriegsgefangenschfat
- kriegsgefangenschhaft
- kriegsgefangenshcaft
- kriegsgefangensschaft
- kriegsgefangesnchaft
- kriegsgefanggenschaft
- kriegsgefangneschaft
- kriegsgefanngenschaft
- kriegsgeffangenschaft
- kriegsgefnagenschaft
- kriegsgfeangenschaft
- kriegsggefangenschaft
- kriegssgefangenschaft
- kriesggefangenschaft
- krigesgefangenschaft
- krriegsgefangenschaft
- rkiegsgefangenschaft
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Kriegsgefangenschaft - 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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Kriegsgefangenschaft", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 20 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (33 here; floor ≥5).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.