Caligula
[kaˈliːɡula]
The verdict
“Caligula” is uncommon German (frequency #58,660 among 1,273 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,660
- frequency rank, German
- 1,273
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - dritter römischer Kaiser, der von 37 bis 41 herrschte
Corpus desk
Index DE-caligula · Caligula · German
Caligula · rank #58,660 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,660
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,273
- PHOTO-FINISH Cagliari
Nearest frequency peer: Cagliari (-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 „Caligula“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Bösewichte
Bösewichte
41,344 corpus weight
- Cagliari
Cagliari
41,342 corpus weight
- Caligula
Caligula
41,341 corpus weight
- candle
candle
41,340 corpus weight
- Carls
Carls
41,339 corpus weight
- Chefetage
Chefetage
41,337 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Caligula“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Caligula |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [kaˈliːɡula] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #58,660 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Caligula“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Caligula is uncommon German at frequency #58,660 among 1,273 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [kaˈliːɡula]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "dritter römischer Kaiser, der von 37 bis 41 herrschte".
Caligula has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Caligula, spelled C-A-L-I-G-U-L-A.
Definition
- 1dritter römischer Kaiser, der von 37 bis 41 herrschte
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Caligula appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Caligula, Vlad der Pfähler und Rin Tin Tin, sie alle haben den Spezialauftrag, ein bestimmtes orangerotes Kätzchen aufzuspüren.“
„Und doch hat das römische Reich, das er schuf, die Brutalität eines Tiberius überdauert, die monströsen Grausamkeiten eines Caligula und die Unfähigkeit eines Claudius.“
This word in other languages
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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