Kulisse
[kuˈlɪsə]
The verdict
“Kulisse” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #12,749. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #12,749
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein Bühnenhintergrund, verschiebbare, bemalte Seitenwand
Corpus desk
Index DE-kulisse · Kulisse · German
Kulisse · rank #12,749 · 9 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-MID #12,749
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH krasse
Nearest frequency peer: krasse (-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 „Kulisse“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Komplikatio…
Komplikationen
87,255 corpus weight
- Kosmos
Kosmos
87,254 corpus weight
- krasse
krasse
87,253 corpus weight
- Kulisse
Kulisse
87,252 corpus weight
- köstlich
köstlich
87,251 corpus weight
- kühn
kühn
87,250 corpus weight
What this shows „Kulisse“ 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 | Kulisse |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kuˈlɪsə] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #12,749 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Kulisse“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around Kulisse (IPA [kuˈlɪsə]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #12,749 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 Kulisse, with forms such as "kkulisse", "kluisse", and "kuilsse". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "Küsse", "kuriose", "Kulissen", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Kulisse, spelled K-U-L-I-S-S-E.
Definition
- 1ein Bühnenhintergrund, verschiebbare, bemalte Seitenwand
- 2äußerer Rahmen, Umgebung, Hintergrund
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Kulisse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Kulisse steht meistens auf der Bühne.
„Die Bühne in einem derartigen improvisierten Theater ist gewöhnlich nicht sehr groß oder tief; sie hat gerade genug Raum, um nicht sehr anspruchsvolle Kulissen aufzubauen und alle Arten von Szenen außer Massenszenen zu spielen.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- kkulisse
- kluisse
- kuilsse
- kulise
- kulises
- kuliße
- kullisse
- kulsise
- uklisse
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Kulisse - 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 "Kulisse", 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 (9 here; floor ≥5).