Kult
[kʊlt]
The verdict
“Kult” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #8,236. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #8,236
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - auf bestimmten Abläufen und Riten beruhende Verehrung einer Gottheit
Corpus desk
Index DE-kult · Kult · German
Kult · rank #8,236 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #8,236
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH Kugeln
Nearest frequency peer: Kugeln (-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 „Kult“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Kommune
Kommune
91,768 corpus weight
- Kram
Kram
91,767 corpus weight
- Kugeln
Kugeln
91,766 corpus weight
- Kult
Kult
91,765 corpus weight
- künstlich
künstlich
91,764 corpus weight
- langjährigen
langjährigen
91,763 corpus weight
What this shows „Kult“ 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 | Kult |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kʊlt] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #8,236 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Kult“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around Kult (IPA [kʊlt]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,236 among 4,158 “K” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Kult, with forms such as "kkult", "klut", and "kullt". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Kür", "kun", "kurz", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Kult, spelled K-U-L-T.
Definition
- 1auf bestimmten Abläufen und Riten beruhende Verehrung einer Gottheit
- 2übertriebene und unverhältnismäßige Verehrung einer Sache oder einer Person
- 3besonders intensiver/sorgfältiger Umgang mit etwas
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Kult appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Ursprünglich bestimmten eine Reihe lokaler und regionaler Kulte das religiöse Leben der Stadt. Durch Kontakte mit der Außenwelt gerieten weitere Riten in den Gesichtskreis der Römer.“
„Es scheint, dass sich der Kult dieser Göttin mit dem der heiligen Brigit vermischte.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- kkult
- klut
- kullt
- kultt
- kutl
- uklt
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Kult - 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 "Kult", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).