kürzen
[ˈkʏʁt͡sn̩]
The verdict
“kürzen” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #15,680. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #15,680
- frequency rank, German
- 55,078
- “K” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - kürzer machen
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 | kürzen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈkʏʁt͡sn̩] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #15,680 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “kürzen” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around kürzen (IPA [ˈkʏʁt͡sn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #15,680 among 55,078 “K” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for kürzen, with forms such as "kkürzen", "krüzen", and "kürezn". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "kürzt", "küssen", "kürzer", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is kürzen, spelled K-Ü-R-Z-E-N.
Definition
- 1kürzer machen
- 2Zähler und Nenner eines Bruches durch die gleiche natürliche Zahl oder den gleichen Term teilen
- 3verringern, vermindern
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- kkürzen
- krüzen
- kürezn
- kürrzen
- kürzenn
- kürzne
- kürzzen
- küzren
- ükrzen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of kürzen - 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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Using “kürzen”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is K-Ü-R-Z-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈkʏʁt͡sn̩] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “kürzt” - see the side-by-side comparison. kürzen vs kürzt
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Same frequency band
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.