candle

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The verdict

“candle” is uncommon German (frequency #58,661 among 1,273 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#58,661
frequency rank, German
1,273
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein meist zylindrisch aus Wachs geformter Gegenstand mit einem Docht in der Mitte; Kerze

Corpus desk

Index DE-candle · candle · German

candle · rank #58,661 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #58,661
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,273
  • PHOTO-FINISH Caligula

Nearest frequency peer: Caligula (-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 „candle“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „candle“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for candle
PropertyValue
Headwordcandle
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters6
Frequency rank#58,661
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „candle“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).candlefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Caligula“ (#58,660), „Carls“ (#58,662), „Cagliari“ (#58,659). Unter 1,273 „C“-Lemmata liegt „candle“ bei #58,661. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

candle is uncommon German at frequency #58,661 among 1,273 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ein meist zylindrisch aus Wachs geformter Gegenstand mit einem Docht in der Mitte; Kerze".

candle has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 candle, spelled C-A-N-D-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    ein meist zylindrisch aus Wachs geformter Gegenstand mit einem Docht in der Mitte; Kerze

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how candle appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. The candle costs ten pound.

This word in other languages

vela(Español)bougie(Français)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "candle"?
"candle" is spelled C-A-N-D-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "candle" mean?
As a noun, "candle" means: ein meist zylindrisch aus Wachs geformter Gegenstand mit einem Docht in der Mitte; Kerze
How do you pronounce "candle"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "candle" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "candle" come from?
"candle" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "candle", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Cyborg#58,669Dorsch#58,682driven#58,685Dundee#58,690

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list