Kachelofen
[ˈkaxl̩ˌʔoːfn̩]
The verdict
“Kachelofen” is uncommon German (frequency #69,398 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,398
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein wärmespeicherndes Heizsystem im Wohnraum, meist beheizt mit Holz- oder auch Gasöfen, bei dem die Heizquelle (Brenner) mit Kacheln (geformten Fliesen) ummauert ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-kachelofen · Kachelofen · German
Kachelofen · rank #69,398 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,398
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH Kais
Nearest frequency peer: Kais (+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 „Kachelofen“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Justitia
Justitia
30,606 corpus weight
- Kabbala
Kabbala
30,605 corpus weight
- Kachelofen
Kachelofen
30,603 corpus weight
- Kais
Kais
30,602 corpus weight
- Kajüte
Kajüte
30,601 corpus weight
- kall
kall
30,600 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Kachelofen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kachelofen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkaxl̩ˌʔoːfn̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #69,398 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Kachelofen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Kachelofen is uncommon German at frequency #69,398 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkaxl̩ˌʔoːfn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ein wärmespeicherndes Heizsystem im Wohnraum, meist beheizt mit Holz- oder auch Gasöfen, bei dem die Heizquelle (Brenner) mit Kacheln (geformten Fliesen) ummauert ist".
Kachelofen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 Kachelofen, spelled K-A-C-H-E-L-O-F-E-N.
Definition
- 1ein wärmespeicherndes Heizsystem im Wohnraum, meist beheizt mit Holz- oder auch Gasöfen, bei dem die Heizquelle (Brenner) mit Kacheln (geformten Fliesen) ummauert ist
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Kachelofen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Unser Kachelofen erzeugt eine wunderbare Wärme.
„Gewissenhaft dienten darüber hinaus den Eichsfeldern solch ruhige Tage, um an den bullernden Kachelöfen den physischen und psychischen Nachlass des verflossenen Jahres zu ordnen.“
Antonyms
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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