Kachelofen
[ˈkaxl̩ˌʔoːfn̩]
The verdict
“Kachelofen” is an uncommon German word, ranked #69,398 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #69,398
- frequency rank, German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ein wärmespeicherndes Heizsystem im Wohnraum, meist beheizt mit Holz- oder auch Gasöfen, bei dem die Heizquelle (Brenner) mit Kacheln (geformten Fliesen) ummauert ist
| 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) |
Where “Kachelofen” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Kachelofen is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈkaxl̩ˌʔoːfn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #69,398 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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
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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 “Kachelofen”
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- The one correct German spelling is K-A-C-H-E-L-O-F-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈkaxl̩ˌʔoːfn̩] (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.