Glasfaserkabel
[ˈɡlaːsfaːzɐˌkaːbl̩]
The verdict
“Glasfaserkabel” is uncommon German (frequency #69,290 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,290
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - aus einzelnen Glasfasern gefertigtes Kabel, zur Übertragung von Lichtsignalen
Corpus desk
Index DE-glasfaserkabel · Glasfaserkabel · German
Glasfaserkabel · rank #69,290 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,290
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH Gladenbach
Nearest frequency peer: Gladenbach (-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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Glasfaserkabel“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- geänderter
geänderter
30,714 corpus weight
- giften
giften
30,713 corpus weight
- Gladenbach
Gladenbach
30,712 corpus weight
- Glasfaserka…
Glasfaserkabel
30,711 corpus weight
- glattes
glattes
30,710 corpus weight
- gol
gol
30,708 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Glasfaserkabel“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Glasfaserkabel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɡlaːsfaːzɐˌkaːbl̩] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #69,290 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Glasfaserkabel“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Glasfaserkabel is uncommon German at frequency #69,290 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɡlaːsfaːzɐˌkaːbl̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "aus einzelnen Glasfasern gefertigtes Kabel, zur Übertragung von Lichtsignalen".
Glasfaserkabel has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Glasfaserkabel, spelled G-L-A-S-F-A-S-E-R-K-A-B-E-L.
Definition
- 1aus einzelnen Glasfasern gefertigtes Kabel, zur Übertragung von Lichtsignalen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Glasfaserkabel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Zwischen Europa und Lateinamerika soll erstmals ein Glasfaserkabel für direkte Internet- und Telefonverbindungen verlegt werden.“
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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