Kaiman
[ˈkaɪ̯man]
The verdict
“Kaiman” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vertreter der Unterfamilie Caimaninae innerhalb der Alligatoren, ausschließlich in Südamerika lebend
Corpus desk
Index DE-kaiman · Kaiman · German
Kaiman · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "K" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kaiman |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkaɪ̯man] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Kaiman“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Kaiman is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkaɪ̯man]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Vertreter der Unterfamilie Caimaninae innerhalb der Alligatoren, ausschließlich in Südamerika lebend".
Kaiman has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Kaiman, spelled K-A-I-M-A-N.
Definition
- 1Vertreter der Unterfamilie Caimaninae innerhalb der Alligatoren, ausschließlich in Südamerika lebend
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Kaiman appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Kaimane gehören zu der Familie der Alligatoren.
Synonyms
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.