cui
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The verdict
“cui” is uncommon German (frequency #52,012 among 1,273 “C” headwords), classed as an unknown. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,012
- frequency rank, German
- 1,273
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dativ Singular Maskulinum des Pronomens qui
Corpus desk
Index DE-cui · cui · German
cui · rank #52,012 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,012
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,273
- PHOTO-FINISH damage
Nearest frequency peer: damage (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “cui”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Connections
Connections
47,991 corpus weight
- cui
cui
47,989 corpus weight
- damage
damage
47,988 corpus weight
- darstellend…
darstellenden
47,987 corpus weight
- Datenlage
Datenlage
47,986 corpus weight
- davonlaufen
davonlaufen
47,985 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “cui” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cui |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Unknown |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #52,012 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “cui” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
Rare enough to double-check
cui is uncommon German at frequency #52,012 among 1,273 “C” headwords, classed as anunknown, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for cui in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is cui, spelled C-U-I.
Definition
- 1Dativ Singular Maskulinum des Pronomens qui
- 2Dativ Singular Femininum des Pronomens qui
- 3Dativ Singular Neutrum des Pronomens qui
- 4Dativ Singular Maskulinum des Pronomens quis
- 5Dativ Singular Neutrum des Pronomens quis
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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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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