cabinet

[ˈkæbɪnɪt]

/[ˈkæbɪnɪt]/ noun

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The verdict

“cabinet” is uncommon German (frequency #50,364 among 1,273 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,364
frequency rank, German
1,273
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein freistehender oder in eine Wand eingebauter Kleiderschrank

Corpus desk

Index DE-cabinet · cabinet · German

cabinet · rank #50,364 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #50,364
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,273
  • PHOTO-FINISH cab

Nearest frequency peer: cab (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „cabinet“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „cabinet“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for cabinet
PropertyValue
Headwordcabinet
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈkæbɪnɪt]
Letters7
Frequency rank#50,364
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „cabinet“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.cabinetfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „cab“ (#50,363), „cares“ (#50,365), „Caribbean“ (#50,366). Unter 1,273 „C“-Lemmata liegt „cabinet“ bei #50,364. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

cabinet is uncommon German at frequency #50,364 among 1,273 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkæbɪnɪt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

cabinet doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 cabinet, spelled C-A-B-I-N-E-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    ein freistehender oder in eine Wand eingebauter Kleiderschrank
  2. 2
    die Größe einer Fotografie, insbesondere mit den Maßen 3⅞" mal 5½"
  3. 3
    eine kleine Kammer oder ein privater Raum
  4. 4
    eine Gruppe von Beratern für eine Regierung oder ein Geschäftsunternehmen

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how cabinet appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Holmes took a note of it. “One other question,” said he. “Was the photograph a cabinet?”

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cabinet"?
"cabinet" is spelled C-A-B-I-N-E-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkæbɪnɪt].
What does "cabinet" mean?
As a noun, "cabinet" means: ein freistehender oder in eine Wand eingebauter Kleiderschrank
How do you pronounce "cabinet"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cabinet" is [ˈkæbɪnɪt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cabinet" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "cabinet", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Burghof#50,359Bulldog#50,352booklet#50,341dosiert#50,392

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list