LKA
[ɛlkaˈʔaː]
The verdict
“LKA” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #20,991) as an abbreviation. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #20,991
- frequency rank, German
- 2,640
- “L” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Landeskriminalamt
Corpus desk
Index DE-lka · LKA · German
LKA · rank #20,991 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #20,991
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,640
- PHOTO-FINISH Lehrlinge
Nearest frequency peer: Lehrlinge (-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.
Häufigkeitsnachbarn des Verwechslers „LKA“
Peers mit ähnlichem Corpus-Gewicht, getrennt von den Verwechslungspaaren unten
- Kürzung
Kürzung
79,013 corpus weight
- Lehrling
Lehrling
79,012 corpus weight
- Lehrlinge
Lehrlinge
79,011 corpus weight
- LKA
LKA
79,010 corpus weight
- Loge
Loge
79,009 corpus weight
- lords
lords
79,008 corpus weight
What this shows Balken platzieren „LKA“ gegen die nächsten gerankten deutschen Lemmata, kein Reprint der Verwechslungsdesk.
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 | LKA |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Abbreviation |
| IPA | [ɛlkaˈʔaː] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #20,991 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Corpus-Rang neben Verwechslern von „LKA“
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for LKA is neighbouring look-alikes ("LP", "lo", …), not just typos; it is anabbreviation pronounced [ɛlkaˈʔaː]. Frequency #20,991 among 2,640 “L” headwords. 3 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for LKA, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "LP", "lo", "ln", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is LKA, spelled L-K-A.
Definition
- 1Landeskriminalamt
- 2Landeskoordinationsausschuss
- 3Landeskirchenamt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how LKA appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Um zu beurteilen, wie viele Kripo-Leute wo gebraucht werden, schaut man sich im LKA die Zahl der Straftaten pro Polizeibehörde an.“
„Landrat Alwin Becker, CDU-Vorsitzender des Bezirks, zugleich Bundestagsabgeordneter, von Piontek regelmäßig zur Jagd und zu den Fress- und Sauforgien in seiner Jagdhütte eingeladen, hat durch gut funktionierende Connections bewirkt, dass die von früher her in der Region stationierte Abteilung der Bundespolizei eingesetzt wird, um das inzwischen in den Fa…
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
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).