Kais
[kaɪ̯s]
The verdict
“Kais” is uncommon German (frequency #69,399 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,399
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - in unterschiedlichen Sprachen vorkommender Familienname, Nachname
Corpus desk
Index DE-kais · Kais · German
Kais · rank #69,399 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,399
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH Kachelofen
Nearest frequency peer: Kachelofen (-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 „Kais“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- 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
- Kammerjäger
Kammerjäger
30,599 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Kais“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kais |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [kaɪ̯s] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #69,399 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Kais“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Kais is uncommon German at frequency #69,399 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [kaɪ̯s]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "in unterschiedlichen Sprachen vorkommender Familienname, Nachname".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Kais, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, 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 its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Kais, spelled K-A-I-S.
Definition
- 1in unterschiedlichen Sprachen vorkommender Familienname, Nachname
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Kais appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Frau Kais ist ein Genie im Verkauf.
Herr Kais wollte uns kein Interview geben.
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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