Kunst
[kʊnst]
The verdict
“Kunst” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #734. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #734
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gesamtheit ästhetischer Werke
Corpus desk
Index DE-kunst · Kunst · German
Kunst · rank #734 · 8 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #734
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH kennen
Nearest frequency peer: kennen (-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 „Kunst“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- zehn
zehn
99,270 corpus weight
- handelt
handelt
99,269 corpus weight
- kennen
kennen
99,268 corpus weight
- Kunst
Kunst
99,267 corpus weight
- Mitarbeiter
Mitarbeiter
99,266 corpus weight
- sah
sah
99,265 corpus weight
What this shows „Kunst“ 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 | Kunst |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kʊnst] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #734 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Kunst“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around Kunst (IPA [kʊnst]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #734 among 4,158 “K” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Kunst, with forms such as "kkunst", "knust", and "kunnst". 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, "Kurs", "Kurt", "Kuss", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Kunst, spelled K-U-N-S-T.
Definition
- 1Gesamtheit ästhetischer Werke
- 2die Fähigkeit, eine bestimmte Tätigkeit sachgerecht auszuführen
- 3von Menschenhand Geschaffenes, Unnatürliches
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Kunst appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Nun vergißt man heute in dem Streit um die ‚moderne Kunst‘ etwas Entscheidendes, daß nämlich die extremen revolutionären Richtungen der Kunst ja selbst gar nicht mehr Kunst sein wollten.“
„Der Versuch des Mannes, die Frau zu ergründen, ist seit Jahrtausenden gescheitert. Das immer wieder zu versuchen liegt an der einfachen Konstruktion seines Hirns, das das Unmögliche nicht als unmöglich begreifen kann. Die Versuche misslangen, die Versuchung blieb, und daraus wurde Kunst.“
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- kkunst
- knust
- kunnst
- kunsst
- kunstt
- kunts
- kusnt
- uknst
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Kunst - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "Kunst", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).