Bergkette
[ˈbɛʁkˌkɛtə]
The verdict
“Bergkette” is uncommon German (frequency #74,366 among 72,680 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,366
- frequency rank, German
- 72,680
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Aneinanderreihung/Folge von Bergen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Bergkette |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbɛʁkˌkɛtə] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #74,366 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Bergkette” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Bergkette is uncommon German at frequency #74,366 among 72,680 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbɛʁkˌkɛtə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Aneinanderreihung/Folge von Bergen".
No misspelling variants are generated for Bergkette in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Bergkette, spelled B-E-R-G-K-E-T-T-E.
Definition
- 1Aneinanderreihung/Folge von Bergen
This word in other languages
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 “Bergkette”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is B-E-R-G-K-E-T-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈbɛʁkˌkɛtə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.