curaçao
[kjʊəɹəˈsəʊ]
The verdict
“curaçao” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - alkoholisches Getränk: Curaçao
Corpus desk
Index DE-curacao · curaçao · German
curaçao · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | curaçao |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kjʊəɹəˈsəʊ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „curaçao“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
curaçao is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [kjʊəɹəˈsəʊ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "alkoholisches Getränk: Curaçao".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for curaçao, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. 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 best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is curaçao, spelled C-U-R-A-Ç-A-O.
Definition
- 1alkoholisches Getränk: Curaçao
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.