Dunkelkammer
[ˈdʊŋkl̩ˌkamɐ]
The verdict
“Dunkelkammer” is uncommon German (frequency #69,132 among 45,632 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,132
- frequency rank, German
- 45,632
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - lichtdicht abgeschlossener, mit rotem Licht beleuchteter Raum für fotografische oder pflanzenphysiologische Arbeiten
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Dunkelkammer |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈdʊŋkl̩ˌkamɐ] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #69,132 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Dunkelkammer” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Dunkelkammer is uncommon German at frequency #69,132 among 45,632 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈdʊŋkl̩ˌkamɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "lichtdicht abgeschlossener, mit rotem Licht beleuchteter Raum für fotografische oder pflanzenphysiologische Arbeiten".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Dunkelkammer, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Dunkelkammer, spelled D-U-N-K-E-L-K-A-M-M-E-R.
Definition
- 1lichtdicht abgeschlossener, mit rotem Licht beleuchteter Raum für fotografische oder pflanzenphysiologische Arbeiten
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 “Dunkelkammer”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is D-U-N-K-E-L-K-A-M-M-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈdʊŋkl̩ˌkamɐ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.