Cobalt
[ˈkoːbalt]
The verdict
“Cobalt” is uncommon German (frequency #63,211 among 1,273 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,211
- frequency rank, German
- 1,273
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - chemisches Element mit der Ordnungszahl 27, das zur Serie der Übergangsmetalle gehört
Corpus desk
Index DE-cobalt · Cobalt · German
Cobalt · rank #63,211 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,211
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,273
- PHOTO-FINISH Clifton
Nearest frequency peer: Clifton (-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 „Cobalt“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- charismatis…
charismatisch
36,794 corpus weight
- chirurgisch
chirurgisch
36,793 corpus weight
- chose
chose
36,792 corpus weight
- Clifton
Clifton
36,791 corpus weight
- Cobalt
Cobalt
36,790 corpus weight
- Computersys…
Computersystem
36,787 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Cobalt“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Cobalt |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkoːbalt] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #63,211 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Cobalt“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Cobalt is uncommon German at frequency #63,211 among 1,273 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkoːbalt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "chemisches Element mit der Ordnungszahl 27, das zur Serie der Übergangsmetalle gehört".
Cobalt has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Cobalt, spelled C-O-B-A-L-T.
Definition
- 1chemisches Element mit der Ordnungszahl 27, das zur Serie der Übergangsmetalle gehört
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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