cab
[kæb]
The verdict
“cab” is an uncommon German word, ranked #50,363 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #50,363
- frequency rank, German
- 3
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Droschke, Fiaker
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cab |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kæb] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #50,363 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cab” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for cab is 3 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kæb]. Corpus data places it at rank #50,363 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
cab doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
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 cab, spelled C-A-B.
Definition
- 1Droschke, Fiaker
- 2Taxi
- 3Führerhaus, Fahrerhaus
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 “cab”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is C-A-B - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [kæb] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.