Kabbala
[ˈkabala]
The verdict
“Kabbala” is uncommon German (frequency #69,396 among 55,078 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,396
- frequency rank, German
- 55,078
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - eine sich mit dem Deuten von Buchstaben und Zahlen beschäftigende, vor allem im Mittelalter populäre, jüdische Geheimlehre und Mystik
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kabbala |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkabala] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #69,396 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Kabbala” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Kabbala is uncommon German at frequency #69,396 among 55,078 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkabala]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Kabbala doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Kabbala, spelled K-A-B-B-A-L-A.
Definition
- 1eine sich mit dem Deuten von Buchstaben und Zahlen beschäftigende, vor allem im Mittelalter populäre, jüdische Geheimlehre und Mystik
- 2auf der unter [1] beschriebenen Geheimlehre und Mystik basierende esoterische und theosophische Bewegung im Judentum
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 “Kabbala”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is K-A-B-B-A-L-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈkabala] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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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.