Codewort
[ˈkoːtˌvɔʁt]
The verdict
“Codewort” is uncommon German (frequency #66,095 among 1,273 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,095
- frequency rank, German
- 1,273
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - vereinbartes Wort, das als nicht allgemein bekanntes Signal für etwas Bestimmtes dient
Corpus desk
Index DE-codewort · Codewort · German
Codewort · rank #66,095 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,095
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,273
- PHOTO-FINISH civitas
Nearest frequency peer: civitas (-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 „Codewort“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Chemtrail
Chemtrail
33,911 corpus weight
- Chicagoer
Chicagoer
33,909 corpus weight
- civitas
civitas
33,907 corpus weight
- Codewort
Codewort
33,906 corpus weight
- collections
collections
33,905 corpus weight
- cortes
cortes
33,902 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Codewort“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Codewort |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkoːtˌvɔʁt] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #66,095 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Codewort“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Codewort is uncommon German at frequency #66,095 among 1,273 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkoːtˌvɔʁt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "vereinbartes Wort, das als nicht allgemein bekanntes Signal für etwas Bestimmtes dient".
Zero misspellings are on record for Codewort in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Codewort, spelled C-O-D-E-W-O-R-T.
Definition
- 1vereinbartes Wort, das als nicht allgemein bekanntes Signal für etwas Bestimmtes dient
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Codewort appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Heute kennt man Bückwaren allenfalls noch in so genannten Head Shops, wo auf ein Codewort hin, etwa das Verlangen eines „Duftkissens“, getrocknete Pflanzen oder Pilze verkauft werden, die meist gegen das Betäubungsmittelgesetz verstoßen.“
„Codewörter wurden ausgetauscht, Termine und Treffpunkte vereinbart, und noch mancher Koffer wanderte am Flughafen Frankfurt von einer Hand in die andere.“
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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