Kaktusbirne
[ˈkaktʊsˌbɪʁnə]
The verdict
“Kaktusbirne” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Frucht des Feigenkaktus (Opuntia ficus-indica)
Corpus desk
Index DE-kaktusbirne · Kaktusbirne · German
Kaktusbirne · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | Kaktusbirne |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkaktʊsˌbɪʁnə] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Kaktusbirne“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Kaktusbirne is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkaktʊsˌbɪʁnə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Frucht des Feigenkaktus (Opuntia ficus-indica)".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Kaktusbirne, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Kaktusbirne, spelled K-A-K-T-U-S-B-I-R-N-E.
Definition
- 1Frucht des Feigenkaktus (Opuntia ficus-indica)
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Kaktusbirne appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Frucht des Feigenkaktus heißt Kaktusbirne.
Synonyms
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.