Kabelfernsehen
[ˈkaːbl̩ˌfɛʁnzeːən]
The verdict
“Kabelfernsehen” is uncommon German (frequency #57,134 among 55,078 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,134
- frequency rank, German
- 55,078
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Übertragung von Bild- und Tonsignale für das Fernsehprogramm über ein Koaxialkabel (Breitbandkabel)
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kabelfernsehen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkaːbl̩ˌfɛʁnzeːən] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #57,134 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Kabelfernsehen” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Kabelfernsehen is uncommon German at frequency #57,134 among 55,078 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkaːbl̩ˌfɛʁnzeːən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Kabelfernsehen, 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 tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 Kabelfernsehen, spelled K-A-B-E-L-F-E-R-N-S-E-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1Übertragung von Bild- und Tonsignale für das Fernsehprogramm über ein Koaxialkabel (Breitbandkabel)
- 2Gesamtheit der Sender und Sendungen, die über ein Koaxialkabel übertragen werden
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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 “Kabelfernsehen”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is K-A-B-E-L-F-E-R-N-S-E-H-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈkaːbl̩ˌfɛʁnzeːən] (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.