Charivari
[ʃaʁiˈvaːʁi]
The verdict
“Charivari” 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) - ungeordneter Ablauf oder Zustand
Corpus desk
Index DE-charivari · Charivari · German
Charivari · 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 | Charivari |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʃaʁiˈvaːʁi] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Charivari“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Charivari is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ʃaʁiˈvaːʁi]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Charivari in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 Charivari, spelled C-H-A-R-I-V-A-R-I.
Definition
- 1ungeordneter Ablauf oder Zustand
- 2gleichzeitiges und ungeordnetes Spielen verschiedener Instrumente
- 3Polterabend bei einer Wiederverheiratung
- 4französischer Kartoffelsalat
- 5Schmuckkette am Trachtenanzug
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Charivari appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Wir sollten im Tanz einander gegenüberzustehen kommen und nach der Musik mit diesen Äpfeln ein Ballspiel aufführen. Und dies hatten wir nun wochenlang eingeübt, so sicher wie die besten Bombardiere. – Sollte nun dies beste Kunststück durchfallen? – Wir rafften schnell die Äpfel auf und stellten uns in Ordnung auf. Die Rohrpfeife wollte nun die Zwischenmu…
„Schließlich diente Charivari seit der Zeit des Barock abendländischen Komponisten als Stilmittel, um Unordnung und Schreckliches zu charakterisieren.“
Synonyms
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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.