caffè
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The verdict
“caffè” is uncommon German (frequency #92,736 among 20,081 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #92,736
- frequency rank, German
- 20,081
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - der Kaffee: schwarzes, koffeinhaltiges Heißgetränk, das aus gerösteten und gemahlenen Kaffeebohnen hergestellt wird
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | caffè |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #92,736 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “caffè” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
caffè is uncommon German at frequency #92,736 among 20,081 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for caffè in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
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 caffè, spelled C-A-F-F-È.
Definition
- 1der Kaffee: schwarzes, koffeinhaltiges Heißgetränk, das aus gerösteten und gemahlenen Kaffeebohnen hergestellt wird
- 2das Café: Gaststätte, in der unter anderem Kaffee angeboten wird
- 3der Kaffee: Pflanzengattung aus der Familie der Rötegewächse
Synonyms
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 “caffè”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is C-A-F-F-È - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.