Kühlung

[ˈkyːlʊŋ]

/[ˈkyːlʊŋ]/ noun

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The verdict

“Kühlung” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #18,964. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#18,964
frequency rank, German
4,158
“K” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Verringerung der Temperatur

Corpus desk

Index DE-kuhlung · Kühlung · German

Kühlung · rank #18,964 · 11 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #18,964
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,158
  • PHOTO-FINISH kuscheln

Nearest frequency peer: kuscheln (-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 „Kühlung“

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

corpus weight

What this shows „Kühlung“ 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).

Kühlung vs Kürzung
71% similar
Kühlung vs Kupplung
63% similar
Kühlung vs kühlen
57% similar

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

Key facts for Kühlung
PropertyValue
HeadwordKühlung
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈkyːlʊŋ]
Letters7
Frequency rank#18,964
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Kühlung“

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

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „kuscheln“ (#18,963), „künstlicher“ (#18,965), „Kurdischen“ (#18,962). Unter 4,158 „K“-Lemmata liegt „Kühlung“ bei #18,964. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around Kühlung (IPA [ˈkyːlʊŋ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #18,964 among 4,158 “K” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Verringerung der Temperatur".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Kühlung, with forms such as "khülung", "kkühlung", and "kühhlung". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Kürzung", "Kupplung", "kühlen", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Kühlung, spelled K-Ü-H-L-U-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Verringerung der Temperatur

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Die Kühlung der Brennstäbe ist unbedingt notwendig.
  2. „Die heute am weitesten verbreitete, schonendste und effektivste Methode zum Haltbarmachen von Nahrungsmitteln ist […] die Kühlung bzw. Tiefkühlung.“

Synonyms

Abkühlung

Antonyms

Heizung

This word in other languages

cooling(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • khülung
  • kkühlung
  • kühhlung
  • kühllung
  • kühlnug
  • kühlugn
  • kühlungg
  • kühlunng
  • kühulng
  • külhung
  • ükhlung

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Kühlung - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

khülung2kkühlung1kühhlung1kühllung1kühlnug2kühlugn2kühlungg1kühlunng1
Edit distance from "Kühlung"

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 "Kühlung"?
"Kühlung" is spelled K-Ü-H-L-U-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkyːlʊŋ].
What does "Kühlung" mean?
As a noun, "Kühlung" means: Verringerung der Temperatur
What words are commonly confused with "Kühlung"?
"Kühlung" is commonly confused with "Kürzung", "Kupplung", "kühlen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Kühlung"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Kühlung" is [ˈkyːlʊŋ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Kühlung" come from?
"Kühlung" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list