Kabale
[kaˈbaːlə]
The verdict
“Kabale” is uncommon German (frequency #55,456 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,456
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - heimtückische, hinterhältige Machenschaft zur Erreichung bösartiger Ziele
Corpus desk
Index DE-kabale · Kabale · German
Kabale · rank #55,456 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,456
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH Kaffeebecher
Nearest frequency peer: Kaffeebecher (+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 „Kabale“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Jugendberei…
Jugendbereich
44,549 corpus weight
- Julias
Julias
44,548 corpus weight
- Kabale
Kabale
44,545 corpus weight
- Kaffeebecher
Kaffeebecher
44,544 corpus weight
- Kamil
Kamil
44,543 corpus weight
- Kartenhaus
Kartenhaus
44,541 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Kabale“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kabale |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kaˈbaːlə] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #55,456 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Kabale“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Kabale is uncommon German at frequency #55,456 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kaˈbaːlə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "heimtückische, hinterhältige Machenschaft zur Erreichung bösartiger Ziele".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Kabale, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Kabale, spelled K-A-B-A-L-E.
Definition
- 1heimtückische, hinterhältige Machenschaft zur Erreichung bösartiger Ziele
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Kabale appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Kein Thema für die Drahtzieher dieser finsteren innerparteilichen Kabale. Statt dessen verschanzen sich diese Leute hinter nichtssagenden Redensarten.“
„Es sind Szenen, wie wir sie aus der Ära von Leonid Kutschma und Wiktor Janukowytsch kennen, als politischer Streit mit Fäusten geregelt wurde und ukrainische Innenpolitik aus endlosen Kabalen und Intrigen bestand.“
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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