kucken

[ˈkʊkn̩]

/[ˈkʊkn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“kucken” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #49,848. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#49,848
frequency rank, German
4,158
“K” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - seine Augen auf etwas richten

Corpus desk

Index DE-kucken · kucken · German

kucken · rank #49,848 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #49,848
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,158
  • PHOTO-FINISH kristallisiert

Nearest frequency peer: kristallisiert (-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 „kucken“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „kucken“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

kucken vs Küken
50% similar
kucken vs Kühen
33% similar
kucken vs Kunden
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for kucken
PropertyValue
Headwordkucken
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈkʊkn̩]
Letters6
Frequency rank#49,848
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „kucken“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).kuckenliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „kristallisiert“ (#49,847), „kulinarisches“ (#49,849), „Kultstatus“ (#49,850). Unter 4,158 „K“-Lemmata liegt „kucken“ bei #49,848. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around kucken (IPA [ˈkʊkn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #49,848 among 4,158 “K” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for kucken, with forms such as "kcuken", "kkucken", and "kuccken". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Küken", "Kühen", "Kunden", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is kucken, spelled K-U-C-K-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    seine Augen auf etwas richten
  2. 2
    ein bestimmtes Gesicht machen

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how kucken appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Für das Kino schuf die US-Regisseurin Amy Heckerling kurz darauf ‚Look Who's Talking‘, verdeutscht als ‚Kuck mal, wer da spricht‘, mit Bruce Willis in der Baby-Rolle, bei uns synchronisiert durch Thomas Gottschalk.“

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • kcuken
  • kkucken
  • kuccken
  • kucekn
  • kuckenn
  • kuckken
  • kuckne
  • kukcen
  • ukcken

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of kucken - 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.

kcuken2kkucken1kuccken1kucekn2kuckenn1kuckken1kuckne2kukcen2
Edit distance from "kucken"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "kucken"?
"kucken" is spelled K-U-C-K-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkʊkn̩].
What does "kucken" mean?
As a verb, "kucken" means: seine Augen auf etwas richten
What words are commonly confused with "kucken"?
"kucken" is commonly confused with "Küken", "Kühen", "Kunden". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "kucken"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "kucken" is [ˈkʊkn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "kucken" come from?
"kucken" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "kucken", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Lasern#49,860Lexika#49,867Luckau#49,873marcia#49,880

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list