künstlich
[ˈkʏnstlɪç]
The verdict
“künstlich” has 15 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #8,237. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #8,237
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nicht natürlich, sondern technisch nach Vorbildern aus der Natur nachgebildet
Corpus desk
Index DE-kunstlich · künstlich · German
künstlich · rank #8,237 · 15 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #8,237
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH Kult
Nearest frequency peer: Kult (-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 „künstlich“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- 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
- Latein
Latein
91,762 corpus weight
What this shows „künstlich“ 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 | künstlich |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈkʏnstlɪç] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #8,237 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „künstlich“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around künstlich (IPA [ˈkʏnstlɪç]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #8,237 among 4,158 “K” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for künstlich, with forms such as "kkünstlich", "knüstlich", and "künnstlich". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "künstliche", "künstlichen", "künstlicher", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is künstlich, spelled K-Ü-N-S-T-L-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1nicht natürlich, sondern technisch nach Vorbildern aus der Natur nachgebildet
- 2nicht auf natürliche Art und Weise ablaufend, aber natürliche Prozesse imitierend
- 3gekünstelt, unnatürlich
- 4eine Kunst beziehungsweise ein Kunstwerk darstellend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how künstlich appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Freunde und Profis des Klettersports haben eine neue Möglichkeit, in Berlin an künstlichen Felswänden zu trainieren.“
Ein künstlicher Bach belebt den Garten.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- kkünstlich
- knüstlich
- künnstlich
- künsltich
- künsstlich
- künstilch
- künstlcih
- künstlicch
- künstlichh
- künstlihc
- künstllich
- künsttlich
- küntslich
- küsntlich
- üknstlich
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of künstlich - 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 "künstlich", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).