Doppelkopf
[ˈdɔpl̩ˌkɔp͡f]
The verdict
“Doppelkopf” is uncommon German (frequency #77,866 among 45,632 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,866
- frequency rank, German
- 45,632
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Kartenspiel für (üblicherweise) vier Personen, das Ähnlichkeiten mit Schafkopf und Skat aufweist, jedoch im Unterschied zu diesen Spielen mit 24 jeweils doppelt vorhandenen Karten (also insgesamt 4...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Doppelkopf |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈdɔpl̩ˌkɔp͡f] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #77,866 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Doppelkopf” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Doppelkopf is uncommon German at frequency #77,866 among 45,632 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈdɔpl̩ˌkɔp͡f]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Doppelkopf in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Doppelkopf, spelled D-O-P-P-E-L-K-O-P-F.
Definition
- 1Kartenspiel für (üblicherweise) vier Personen, das Ähnlichkeiten mit Schafkopf und Skat aufweist, jedoch im Unterschied zu diesen Spielen mit 24 jeweils doppelt vorhandenen Karten (also insgesamt 48) gespielt wird
- 2ein Stich mit 40 oder mehr Augen im gleichnamigen Kartenspiel [1]
This word in other languages
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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Using “Doppelkopf”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is D-O-P-P-E-L-K-O-P-F - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.