Kultur

/[kʊlˈtuːɐ̯]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#815

in German word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

7

similar word pairs

Kultur is aGermannoun. It means: Gesamtheit des vom Menschen Geschaffenen und damit wesentliche Teile seiner Lebenswelt Pronounced [kʊlˈtuːɐ̯]. It ranks #815 in German word frequency. Often confused with Küster and Kultus.

Key facts for Kultur
PropertyValue
HeadwordKultur
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kʊlˈtuːɐ̯]
Letters6
Frequency rank#815
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Kultur in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Kultur is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kʊlˈtuːɐ̯]. Corpus data places it at rank #815 in overall German word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for Kultur, with forms such as "kkultur", "klutur", and "kulltur". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "Küster", "Kultus", "Kutter", and more, 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Kultur, spelled K-U-L-T-U-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Gesamtheit des vom Menschen Geschaffenen und damit wesentliche Teile seiner Lebenswelt
  2. 2
    Produkte aus der
  3. 3
    Produkte aus der
  4. 4
    die Kultur^([1]) einer bestimmten Gemeinschaft
  5. 5
    aus einem Bakterium durch fortwährende Teilung entstehende Population

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: kkultur,klutur,kulltur,kultru,kulttur,kulturr,kulutr,kutlur,ukltur

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Kultur

Misspelling Variants of "Kultur"

kkultur7klutur6kulltur7kultru6kulttur7kulturr7kulutr6kutlur6
Misspelling Variants of "Kultur"

Frequency rank: #815 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Kultur"?
"Kultur" is spelled K-U-L-T-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is [kʊlˈtuːɐ̯].
What does "Kultur" mean?
As a noun, "Kultur" means: Gesamtheit des vom Menschen Geschaffenen und damit wesentliche Teile seiner Lebenswelt
What words are commonly confused with "Kultur"?
"Kultur" is commonly confused with "Küster", "Kultus", "Kutter". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Kultur"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Kultur" is [kʊlˈtuːɐ̯]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Kultur" come from?
"Kultur" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.