Cafeteria
[kafeteˈʁiːa]
The verdict
“Cafeteria” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #23,072 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #23,072
- frequency rank, German
- 9
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Café mit Selbstbedienung
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Cafeteria |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kafeteˈʁiːa] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #23,072 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Cafeteria” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Cafeteria is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kafeteˈʁiːa]. Corpus data places it at rank #23,072 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Café mit Selbstbedienung".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Cafeteria, with forms such as "acfeteria", "caefteria", and "cafeetria". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Cafeteria, spelled C-A-F-E-T-E-R-I-A.
Definition
- 1Café mit Selbstbedienung
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: acfeteria,caefteria,cafeetria,cafeteira,cafeterai,cafeterria,cafetreia,cafetteria,caffeteria,cafteeria,ccafeteria,cfaeteria
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Cafeteria - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “Cafeteria”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is C-A-F-E-T-E-R-I-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [kafeteˈʁiːa] (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.