kriminell
[kʁimiˈnɛl]
The verdict
“kriminell” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #17,967. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #17,967
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - straffällig, einer Straftat schuldig
Corpus desk
Index DE-kriminell · kriminell · German
kriminell · rank #17,967 · 12 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #17,967
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH konsumiert
Nearest frequency peer: konsumiert (-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 „kriminell“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- komponiert
komponiert
82,037 corpus weight
- Kondome
Kondome
82,036 corpus weight
- konsumiert
konsumiert
82,035 corpus weight
- kriminell
kriminell
82,034 corpus weight
- Kundin
Kundin
82,033 corpus weight
- Lagerfeuer
Lagerfeuer
82,031 corpus weight
What this shows „kriminell“ 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 | kriminell |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [kʁimiˈnɛl] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #17,967 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „kriminell“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around kriminell (IPA [kʁimiˈnɛl]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #17,967 among 4,158 “K” headwords. Dominant gloss: "straffällig, einer Straftat schuldig".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for kriminell, with forms such as "kirminell", "kkriminell", and "kriimnell". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "Kriminelle", "kriminellen", "Krimineller", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
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 kriminell, spelled K-R-I-M-I-N-E-L-L.
Definition
- 1straffällig, einer Straftat schuldig
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how kriminell appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er wurde kriminell, weil er unbedingt den MP3-Player haben wollte und ihn nicht bezahlen konnte.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- kirminell
- kkriminell
- kriimnell
- krimienll
- kriminel
- kriminlel
- kriminnell
- krimminell
- krimniell
- krmiinell
- krriminell
- rkiminell
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of kriminell - 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 "kriminell", 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 (12 here; floor ≥5).