Kurator
[kuˈʁaːtoːɐ̯]
The verdict
“Kurator” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #26,491. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #26,491
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vormund oder Pfleger
Corpus desk
Index DE-kurator · Kurator · German
Kurator · rank #26,491 · 10 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #26,491
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH krähen
Nearest frequency peer: krähen (-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 „Kurator“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- kostbar
kostbar
73,513 corpus weight
- Kronprinz
Kronprinz
73,512 corpus weight
- krähen
krähen
73,511 corpus weight
- Kurator
Kurator
73,510 corpus weight
- kurios
kurios
73,509 corpus weight
- Kurses
Kurses
73,508 corpus weight
What this shows „Kurator“ 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 | Kurator |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kuˈʁaːtoːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #26,491 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Kurator“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around Kurator (IPA [kuˈʁaːtoːɐ̯]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #26,491 among 4,158 “K” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Kurator, with forms such as "kkurator", "kruator", and "kuartor". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Kuratorin", "Krater", 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 its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Kurator, spelled K-U-R-A-T-O-R.
Definition
- 1Vormund oder Pfleger
- 2Aufsichtsbeamter im Bildungswesen, dort vor allem an Universitäten oder auch der Verwalter einer Stiftung
- 3Person, die die Verantwortung für eine Sammlung, eine Ausstellung oder ein Projekt hat
- 4Treuhänder
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Kurator appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Für den elternlosen jungen Grafen wurde ein Kurator bestimmt.
Der Kurator der Bodenwaldstiftung hat die Stipendiaten ausgewählt.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- kkurator
- kruator
- kuartor
- kuraotr
- kuratorr
- kuratro
- kurattor
- kurrator
- kurtaor
- ukrator
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Kurator - 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you spell "Kurator"?
What does "Kurator" mean?
What words are commonly confused with "Kurator"?
How do you pronounce "Kurator"?
What language does "Kurator" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Kurator", 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 (10 here; floor ≥5).