kabellos

[ˈkaːbl̩ˌloːs]

/[ˈkaːbl̩ˌloːs]/ adj

The verdict

“kabellos” is uncommon German (frequency #84,162 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#84,162
frequency rank, German
4,158
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ohne Kabel; ohne ein (externes) Kabel zu benötigen

Corpus desk

Index DE-kabellos · kabellos · German

kabellos · rank #84,162 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #84,162
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,158
  • PHOTO-FINISH Justizsystem

Nearest frequency peer: Justizsystem (-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 „kabellos“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „kabellos“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for kabellos
PropertyValue
Headwordkabellos
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈkaːbl̩ˌloːs]
Letters8
Frequency rank#84,162
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „kabellos“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.kabellosfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Justizsystem“ (#84,161), „Kabinettssitzung“ (#84,163), „Kahlenberg“ (#84,165). Unter 4,158 „K“-Lemmata liegt „kabellos“ bei #84,162. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

kabellos is uncommon German at frequency #84,162 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈkaːbl̩ˌloːs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ohne Kabel; ohne ein (externes) Kabel zu benötigen".

No misspelling variants are generated for kabellos in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, 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 its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is kabellos, spelled K-A-B-E-L-L-O-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    ohne Kabel; ohne ein (externes) Kabel zu benötigen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how kabellos appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Ein Handy ist ein kabelloses Telefon.
  2. „Codecs kommen bei der Drahtlosübertragung vom Smartphone an kabellose Kopfhörer ebenfalls zum Einsatz. Da auch hier die Daten verlustbehaftet komprimiert werden, kann die Qualität leiden.“

Synonyms

drahtlosschnurlos

Antonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "kabellos"?
"kabellos" is spelled K-A-B-E-L-L-O-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkaːbl̩ˌloːs].
What does "kabellos" mean?
As an adjective, "kabellos" means: ohne Kabel; ohne ein (externes) Kabel zu benötigen
How do you pronounce "kabellos"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "kabellos" is [ˈkaːbl̩ˌloːs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "kabellos", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list