kuppeln
[ˈkʊpl̩n]
The verdict
“kuppeln” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #46,794. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #46,794
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 12
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - zwei Dinge miteinander verbinden, sie aneinanderhängen/koppeln
Corpus desk
Index DE-kuppeln · kuppeln · German
kuppeln · rank #46,794 · 9 variants · 12 confusables
- FREQ-MID #46,794
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH Königsfamilie
Nearest frequency peer: Königsfamilie (+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 „kuppeln“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- kroch
kroch
53,211 corpus weight
- kräht
kräht
53,209 corpus weight
- kuppeln
kuppeln
53,207 corpus weight
- Königsfamil…
Königsfamilie
53,206 corpus weight
- Lamas
Lamas
53,204 corpus weight
- Lambrecht
Lambrecht
53,203 corpus weight
What this shows „kuppeln“ 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 | kuppeln |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈkʊpl̩n] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #46,794 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 12 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „kuppeln“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around kuppeln (IPA [ˈkʊpl̩n]), averb. Corpus frequency is #46,794 among 4,158 “K” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for kuppeln, with forms such as "kkuppeln", "kpupeln", and "kupeln". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "Kuppe", "Kumpel", "Kugeln", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is kuppeln, spelled K-U-P-P-E-L-N.
Definition
- 1zwei Dinge miteinander verbinden, sie aneinanderhängen/koppeln
- 2die Kupplung treten/betätigen (ergo das Getriebe vom Motor entkuppeln)
- 3zwei Menschen miteinander bekannt machen (zum Zwecke der Heirat)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how kuppeln appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die beiden Waggons werden gekuppelt und danach entfernt man die beiden Stirnwände. Der entstehende Übergang zwischen den Waggons wird mit einem Faltbalg geschützt.
Die Maschine verfügt serienmäßig über 10 PS mehr Leistung und ihre Getriebe-Schaltautomatik ermöglicht ein automatisiertes Fahren ohne zu kuppeln.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- kkuppeln
- kpupeln
- kupeln
- kupepln
- kuppelln
- kuppelnn
- kuppenl
- kupplen
- ukppeln
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of kuppeln - 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 "kuppeln", 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).