catastrophe
[ka.tas.tʁɔf]
The verdict
“catastrophe” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Katastrophe
Corpus desk
Index DE-catastrophe · catastrophe · German
catastrophe · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 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 | catastrophe |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ka.tas.tʁɔf] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „catastrophe“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
catastrophe is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ka.tas.tʁɔf]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Katastrophe".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for catastrophe, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
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 catastrophe, spelled C-A-T-A-S-T-R-O-P-H-E.
Definition
- 1Katastrophe
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.