Kakerlak
[ˈkaːkɐlak]
The verdict
“Kakerlak” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - großes, schwarzes Insekt mit unvollständiger Verwandlung, das häufig in der Küche als Kulturfolger und Schadinsekt auftritt
Corpus desk
Index DE-kakerlak · Kakerlak · German
Kakerlak · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 | Kakerlak |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkaːkɐlak] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Kakerlak“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Kakerlak is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkaːkɐlak]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "großes, schwarzes Insekt mit unvollständiger Verwandlung, das häufig in der Küche als Kulturfolger und Schadinsekt auftritt".
Kakerlak has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Kakerlak, spelled K-A-K-E-R-L-A-K.
Definition
- 1großes, schwarzes Insekt mit unvollständiger Verwandlung, das häufig in der Küche als Kulturfolger und Schadinsekt auftritt
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.