Kurier
[kuˈʁiːɐ̯]
The verdict
“Kurier” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #8,900. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #8,900
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemand, der im dienstlichen Auftrag vertrauliche Nachrichten überbringt
Corpus desk
Index DE-kurier · Kurier · German
Kurier · rank #8,900 · 8 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #8,900
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH Kopfhörer
Nearest frequency peer: Kopfhörer (-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 „Kurier“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Kombi
Kombi
91,104 corpus weight
- Kontrollen
Kontrollen
91,103 corpus weight
- Kopfhörer
Kopfhörer
91,102 corpus weight
- Kurier
Kurier
91,101 corpus weight
- kämpfte
kämpfte
91,100 corpus weight
- königliche
königliche
91,099 corpus weight
What this shows „Kurier“ 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 | Kurier |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kuˈʁiːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #8,900 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Kurier“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around Kurier (IPA [kuˈʁiːɐ̯]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,900 among 4,158 “K” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Kurier, with forms such as "kkurier", "kruier", and "kuirer". 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, "Kurse", "Kürze", "Kurve", 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 its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Kurier, spelled K-U-R-I-E-R.
Definition
- 1jemand, der im dienstlichen Auftrag vertrauliche Nachrichten überbringt
- 2jemand, der gegen Bezahlung Post/Waren direkt/schnell befördert
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Kurier appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Anders als der Bote ist der Kurier per Definition kein bezahlter Nachrichtenüberbringer, sondern im staatlichen beziehungsweise behördlichen Eilauftrag unterwegs.“
„Vor dem Tor standen, etwa zehn Schritt vom Fürsten Andrej entfernt, zwei Offiziersburschen, ein Kurier und ein Haushofmeister, welche die Abwesenheit des Fürsten und das schöne Wetter genossen.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- kkurier
- kruier
- kuirer
- kureir
- kurierr
- kurire
- kurrier
- ukrier
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Kurier - 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 "Kurier", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).