Hexenkessel
[ˈhɛksn̩ˌkɛsl̩]
The verdict
“Hexenkessel” is uncommon German (frequency #72,532 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,532
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ort, an dem ein unübersichtliches Durcheinander herrscht
Corpus desk
Index DE-hexenkessel · Hexenkessel · German
Hexenkessel · rank #72,532 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #72,532
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH Heuert
Nearest frequency peer: Heuert (-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 „Hexenkessel“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- herumtragen
herumtragen
27,472 corpus weight
- herumtreiben
herumtreiben
27,471 corpus weight
- Heuert
Heuert
27,470 corpus weight
- Hexenkessel
Hexenkessel
27,469 corpus weight
- Hidalgo
Hidalgo
27,467 corpus weight
- Highways
Highways
27,466 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Hexenkessel“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Hexenkessel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhɛksn̩ˌkɛsl̩] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #72,532 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Hexenkessel“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Hexenkessel is uncommon German at frequency #72,532 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhɛksn̩ˌkɛsl̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Hexenkessel, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Hexenkessel, spelled H-E-X-E-N-K-E-S-S-E-L.
Definition
- 1Ort, an dem ein unübersichtliches Durcheinander herrscht
- 2fiktives Gefäß, in dem Hexen Zaubertränke brauen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Hexenkessel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Ringsum tobt ein Hexenkessel.“
„Wie ich vor den Toten stehe, denke ich an den Krieg, an den Hexenkessel im Priesterwald, an die zahllos Hingemordeten Europas.“
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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