Kakerlake
[kakɐˈlaːkə]
The verdict
“Kakerlake” is uncommon German (frequency #98,667 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,667
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mittelgroßes bis großes, braunes bis schwarzes Insekt mit unvollständiger Verwandlung, das häufig in der Küche als Kulturfolger und Schadinsekt auftritt
Corpus desk
Index DE-kakerlake · Kakerlake · German
Kakerlake · rank #98,667 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #98,667
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH Kak
Nearest frequency peer: Kak (-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 „Kakerlake“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Kabinettsmi…
Kabinettsmitglieder
1,337 corpus weight
- Kadern
Kadern
1,336 corpus weight
- Kak
Kak
1,335 corpus weight
- Kakerlake
Kakerlake
1,334 corpus weight
- Kanonikus
Kanonikus
1,333 corpus weight
- Kapitalbeda…
Kapitalbedarf
1,331 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Kakerlake“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kakerlake |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kakɐˈlaːkə] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #98,667 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Kakerlake“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Kakerlake is uncommon German at frequency #98,667 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kakɐˈlaːkə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "mittelgroßes bis großes, braunes bis schwarzes Insekt mit unvollständiger Verwandlung, das häufig in der Küche als Kulturfolger und Schadinsekt auftritt".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Kakerlake, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
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 Kakerlake, spelled K-A-K-E-R-L-A-K-E.
Definition
- 1mittelgroßes bis großes, braunes bis schwarzes Insekt mit unvollständiger Verwandlung, das häufig in der Küche als Kulturfolger und Schadinsekt auftritt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Kakerlake appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Ich geriet immer mehr in Panik, schrie lautstark und hüpfte wie eine wild gewordene Kakerlake im Bach herum.“
„Die Kakerlake, auch Küchenschabe genannt, ist die am weitesten verbreitete Schaben-Art.“
Synonyms
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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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