Chianti
[ˈki̯anti]
The verdict
“Chianti” is uncommon German (frequency #74,443 among 1,273 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,443
- frequency rank, German
- 1,273
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - italienische Rotweinsorte, die im Wesentlichen aus der Sangiovese-Traube besteht
Corpus desk
Index DE-chianti · Chianti · German
Chianti · rank #74,443 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,443
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,273
- PHOTO-FINISH cheats
Nearest frequency peer: cheats (-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 „Chianti“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- chambre
chambre
25,561 corpus weight
- charmantes
charmantes
25,560 corpus weight
- cheats
cheats
25,559 corpus weight
- Chianti
Chianti
25,558 corpus weight
- chiasso
chiasso
25,557 corpus weight
- ciel
ciel
25,555 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Chianti“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Chianti |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈki̯anti] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #74,443 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Chianti“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Chianti is uncommon German at frequency #74,443 among 1,273 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈki̯anti]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Chianti in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Chianti, spelled C-H-I-A-N-T-I.
Definition
- 1italienische Rotweinsorte, die im Wesentlichen aus der Sangiovese-Traube besteht
- 2italienische Weinregion
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Chianti appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Chianti war früher das Synonym für italienischen Wein schlechthin, und er wurde traditionell in strohumflochtenen Flaschen […] verkauft.“
„[…] Ja, Ja der Chianti-Wein, da sagt uns keine nein! - Drum schenkt die Gläser ein, die Welt soll unser sein, die Welt soll unser sein - beim Chianti-Wein […]“
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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