calendula
[kalɑ̃dyla]
The verdict
“calendula” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ringelblume, Calendula (Calendula)
Corpus desk
Index DE-calendula · calendula · German
calendula · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | calendula |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kalɑ̃dyla] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „calendula“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
calendula is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [kalɑ̃dyla]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ringelblume, Calendula (Calendula)".
calendula has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is calendula, spelled C-A-L-E-N-D-U-L-A.
Definition
- 1Ringelblume, Calendula (Calendula)
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.