Deckchen
[ˈdɛkçən]
The verdict
“Deckchen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - kleine Decke
Corpus desk
Index DE-deckchen · Deckchen · German
Deckchen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" 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 | Deckchen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈdɛkçən] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Deckchen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Deckchen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈdɛkçən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "kleine Decke".
Deckchen has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Deckchen, spelled D-E-C-K-C-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1kleine Decke
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Deckchen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er schenkte ihr ein kleines Deckchen aus Wolle.
„Die Besonderheit dieses Deckchens ist das Häkeln mit mehreren Farben, die als viele einzelne Knäule während der Arbeit gleichzeitig mitgeführt wurden.“
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.