coal
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The verdict
“coal” is uncommon German (frequency #55,225 among 1,273 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,225
- frequency rank, German
- 1,273
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein schwarzes oder dunkel-braunes brennbares Sedimentgestein, das durch Carbonisierung von Pflanzenresten (Inkohlung) entstand
Corpus desk
Index DE-coal · coal · German
coal · rank #55,225 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,225
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,273
- PHOTO-FINISH Colitis
Nearest frequency peer: Colitis (+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 „coal“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- candida
candida
44,782 corpus weight
- chairman
chairman
44,780 corpus weight
- coal
coal
44,776 corpus weight
- Colitis
Colitis
44,775 corpus weight
- Cuts
Cuts
44,774 corpus weight
- daherkommen
daherkommen
44,771 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „coal“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | coal |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #55,225 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „coal“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
coal is uncommon German at frequency #55,225 among 1,273 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ein schwarzes oder dunkel-braunes brennbares Sedimentgestein, das durch Carbonisierung von Pflanzenresten (Inkohlung) entstand".
No generated misspelling entries exist for coal in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is coal, spelled C-O-A-L.
Definition
- 1ein schwarzes oder dunkel-braunes brennbares Sedimentgestein, das durch Carbonisierung von Pflanzenresten (Inkohlung) entstand
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how coal appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The extensive use of coal as a fuel has negative consequences on our environment.
Synonyms
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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