caramel

[ˈkærəmel]

/[ˈkærəmel]/ noun

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The verdict

“caramel” is uncommon German (frequency #90,084 among 1,273 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#90,084
frequency rank, German
1,273
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - aus geschmolzenem Zucker hergestelltes, meist dunkelbraunes Produkt; Karamell

Corpus desk

Index DE-caramel · caramel · German

caramel · rank #90,084 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #90,084
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,273
  • PHOTO-FINISH capito

Nearest frequency peer: capito (-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 „caramel“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for caramel
PropertyValue
Headwordcaramel
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈkærəmel]
Letters7
Frequency rank#90,084
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „caramel“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „capito“ (#90,083), „castrum“ (#90,086), „Campingplätzen“ (#90,081). Unter 1,273 „C“-Lemmata liegt „caramel“ bei #90,084. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

caramel is uncommon German at frequency #90,084 among 1,273 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkærəmel]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "aus geschmolzenem Zucker hergestelltes, meist dunkelbraunes Produkt; Karamell".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for caramel, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. 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.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is caramel, spelled C-A-R-A-M-E-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    aus geschmolzenem Zucker hergestelltes, meist dunkelbraunes Produkt; Karamell

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. caramel is very sweet.

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 "caramel"?
"caramel" is spelled C-A-R-A-M-E-L. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkærəmel].
What does "caramel" mean?
As a noun, "caramel" means: aus geschmolzenem Zucker hergestelltes, meist dunkelbraunes Produkt; Karamell
How do you pronounce "caramel"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "caramel" is [ˈkærəmel]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "caramel" come from?
"caramel" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

castrum#90,086boucher#90,060cremige#90,116bespiel#90,036

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list