cabinet
[ˈkæbɪnɪt]
The verdict
“cabinet” is an uncommon German word, ranked #50,364 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #50,364
- frequency rank, German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ein freistehender oder in eine Wand eingebauter Kleiderschrank
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cabinet |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkæbɪnɪt] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #50,364 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cabinet” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for cabinet is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈkæbɪnɪt]. Corpus data places it at rank #50,364 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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
- 1ein freistehender oder in eine Wand eingebauter Kleiderschrank
- 2die Größe einer Fotografie, insbesondere mit den Maßen 3⅞" mal 5½"
- 3eine kleine Kammer oder ein privater Raum
- 4eine Gruppe von Beratern für eine Regierung oder ein Geschäftsunternehmen
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 “cabinet”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is C-A-B-I-N-E-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈkæbɪnɪt] (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.